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12Nov

Congress Continues To Examine Forced Arbitration

An historic piece of legislation was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on September 20, 2019. The Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act, (HR 1423) was introduced by Rep. Johnson (D-GA-4). The FAIR Act applies to individual actions...
By: Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers,
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/congress-continues-to-examine-forced-25551/

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