Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice

Re:Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice by marcosdumay on Saturday October 31, 2015 @02:54PM (#10483678)

Well, no, society can no accept that people wave their basic rights away on a contract, even if those people think it's a good deal.

Slavery waits on the end of this route.

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Re:Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice by nommm-nommm on Saturday October 31, 2015 @04:10PM (#10484002)

Shady landlords try this all the time.

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Re:Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice by giaour on Saturday October 31, 2015 @06:26PM (#10484473)

In New York (and, for all I know, everywhere else -- IANAL), city laws prevent you from signing away certain rights in a lease because shady landlords kept sneaking waivers in. For example, you can legally withhold rent if your landlord does not keep your property in a livable state. Many leases have provisions specifically waiving your right to withhold rent, but such provisions are legally enforceable.

There could be a similar law preventing anyone from signing away rights we deem too important to jeopardize.

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Re:Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice by gkop on Saturday October 31, 2015 @06:57PM (#10484566)

Did you mean "legally unenforceable"?

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Re:Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice by giaour on Saturday October 31, 2015 @11:30PM (#10485310)

Yup.

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Re:Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice by nommm-nommm on Monday November 02, 2015 @02:04PM (#10494197)

Imagine if such a lease was enforceable (its not) - it would render all landlord tenant laws null and void!

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