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by wisty 5437 days ago
Can you expand, a bit?

Arbitration can be of a lower standard. The arbitrator will probably be a lawyer, but not a judge. And standards of evidence can be much lower.

I doubt that there are many arbitration companies siding with someone just to get repeat business. That might depend on the scale of business though. For two small businesses, I can't see how it would be a big deal. If a company the size of IBM nominates an arbitrator, I might be suspicious.
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bigwally 5437 days ago
Expand I will.

>I doubt that there are many arbitration companies siding with someone just to get repeat business.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Leigh_Jones

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wisty 5436 days ago
Arbitration has its place. Maybe it shouldn't be legal to have mandatory arbitration clauses in employment contracts, or in other contracts without genuine negotiations of the terms.

A non-negotiable clause for a contractor going to Iraq is a whole world away from two companies negotiating a contract to construct a web site or something.

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