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Re:I gave Amazon a key to my house and regretted it by smichel17 on Thursday December 07, 2017 @06:12PM (#15875261)
> Especially when only one party gets to pick the arbitrator.

I think this is the key point. If there's a power disparity (commonly, adhesion contracts), the favored party should not get to pick the arbiter.

Re:I gave Amazon a key to my house and regretted it by jessaustin on Friday December 08, 2017 @01:12PM (#15880608)
Yes ideally there would be professional organization of arbitrators, and agreeing to arbitration in a contract would give the smaller party the right to choose a member of that organization. One doubts that the lawyers who inhabit legislatures are eager to bring that happy circumstance to pass.