“When Companies Run the Courts”

Forced arbitration is the secret justice system you've never heard of, and it's likely working against you. Brendan Ballou, former DOJ prosecutor and author of When Companies Run the Courts: How Forced Arbitration Became America's Secret Justice System exposes these little known clauses hidden in practically every service agreement we sign, explains the harms they can create, and tells us when and how to fight them.

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INFORMATION ABOUT BRENDAN BALLOU:

Brendan Ballou is a formal federal prosecutor and served as special counsel for private equity in the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division.  His new book is When Companies Run the Courts: How Forced Arbitration Became America’s Secret Justice System.

After leaving the DOJ, Brendan founded the Public Integrity Project. From their website:

The Public Integrity Project raises the cost of corruption in America by suing the people, companies, and countries that seek to bribe government officials, as well as the government officials who seek to be bribed. This matters, because when corruption infects our economy, businesses succeed or fail, not on their merits, but on their proximity to power. When that same corruption infects our politics, leaders no longer represent the will of the voters, but the will of the rich elite. In short, corruption destroys democracy. By fighting corruption, we’re fighting to save democracy.

For model legislation to end forced arbitration: https://brendanballou.com/

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