As brought up for discussion by Professor Peter Friedman at our Commercial and Industry Arbitration and Mediation LinkedIn Group, the law firm of Milberg LLP has filed a class action lawsuit against the National Arbitration Forum (NAF). The Complaint alleges, among other things, that NAF falsely presented its arbitration services as neutral. (read more here)
[Update: Click on the link for the text of the Complaint Magnone v. Accretive LLC, courtesy of Professor Ross Runkel’s LawMemo Arbitration Blog.]
Related Posts:
- U.S. Congressional Hearing | “Mandatory Binding Arbitration – Is it Fair and Voluntary?” (Sept. 16)
- Videos of Congressional Hearing | Arbitration or Arbitrability?: the Misuse of Arbitration to Collect Consumer Debts (Sept. 7)
- Pending Legislation on U.S. Alternative Dispute Resolution: Update (Aug. 31)
- American Bar Association’s Resolutions on the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 (Aug. 26)
- Recent Developments in Arbitration of Consumer Disputes (Aug. 14)
- Testimony from the U.S. Congress Hearing on the Misuse of Arbitration to Collect Consumer Debts (July 24)
- The American Arbitration Association Confirms Today That It Supends Arbitration of Consumer Debt Collection (July 23)
- National Arbitration Forum Settles with Minnesota’s Attorney General (July 20)
- U.S. Congress Hearing on the Misuse of Arbitration to Collect Consumer Debts (July 20)
- National Arbitration Forum Sued by the Minnesota Attorney General (July 16)
- National Arbitration Forum’s Response to NPR Arbitration Story (June 17)
- Employment and Consumer Arbitration: NPR Article (June 10)
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