Professor Peter Friedman

By Peter Friedman In Part One, we asked whether there is any solution to the problem created by mandatory arbitration clauses and class action waivers in consumer online transactions. As a general rule, courts hold that mandatory arbitration clauses are enforceable. Thus, for example, the Pennsylvania Law Encyclopedia explains that under the Uniform Arbitration Act, a version of which governs the use of arbitration in virtually 36 states, mandato

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By Peter Friedman Part One – The Problem: Mandatory Arbitration clauses that preclude class relief in consumer agreements make arbitration a means of precluding consumers from obtaining any feasible relief. Calling “Alternative Rock” a certain style of music some students at liberal arts colleges enjoy has long given the music a sheen of integrity, the kind of integrity parodied as pretense by calling those fans “granola eaters” who wear Birkenst

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