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Perspective

Jun. 29, 2012

Fancy arguments won’t avoid conflicts with Concepcion

No matter how you spin it, SB 491 and Concepcion do not fit together. By Kim Stone of the Civil Justice Association of America

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN

Brian Kabateck and Scott Malzahn overlook the benefits of arbitration and ignore the inherent conflict between SB 491 and the U.S. Supreme Court's Concepcion ruling in their op-ed "SB 491: Protecting Consumers' Right to Join Together" (June 25, 2012). Arbitration is a fair, efficient, cost-effective method of resolving disputes. With our court budgets facing even worse cuts, there is no reason to reduce the use of arb...

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