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by the_watcher 3656 days ago
Not really. Arbitration has long been a path that judges recommend for non-criminal cases to reduce strain on the court system. I know that it can often seem nefarious, but a major part of the modern civil court system involves reducing the (frankly, unbelievable) strain on court resources, which are finite (and in many states, being reduced for budgetary reasons).