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Consumer

2007

University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law

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Bankruptcy Pro Bono Representation Of Consumers: The Seven Deadly Sins, Nancy B. Rapoport, Roland Bernier Iii Jan 2007

Bankruptcy Pro Bono Representation Of Consumers: The Seven Deadly Sins, Nancy B. Rapoport, Roland Bernier Iii

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This article attempts to walk the reader through the morass left by BAPCPA, using the seven deadly sins as its motif.


In Defense Of Mandatory Arbitration (If Imposed On The Company), Jean R. Sternlight Jan 2007

In Defense Of Mandatory Arbitration (If Imposed On The Company), Jean R. Sternlight

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Having spent much of her academic life battling companies' mandatory imposition of binding arbitration on consumers and employees, the author now switches gears. This Article contemplates whether mandatory binding arbitration is acceptable if imposed by the government on companies (governmental mandatory arbitration) rather than by companies on their employees and consumers (private mandatory arbitration). Specifically, the Article considers the possibility of statutes that would provide little guys (consumers and employees) with an opportunity to take their disputes to binding arbitration rather than litigation. If the little guys chose arbitration over litigation, post-dispute, companies would have to agree to such arbitration, …