Should an Arbitration Provision Trump the Class Action? No: Permitting Companies to Skirt Class Actions Through Mandatory Arbitration Would be Dangerous and Unwise

Authors

Jean R. Sternlight, University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2002

Abstract

Companies are deliberately using mandatory arbitration to prevent consumers and employces from joining together in class actions. As Carroll Neesemann has explained, eliminating the class action is a "strong incentive" of those companies that impose the requirement of arbitration on consumers and employees. Mr. Neesemann defends this phenomenon, and his article offers companies and their attorneys some tips on how to effectively use arbitration to insulate themselves from the threat of class actions. By contrast, this essay argues that it is dangerous and unwise to permit companies to use mandatory arbitration to exempt themselves from class action suits.

Publication Citation

Disp. Resol. Mag., Spring 2002, at 13.

Recommended Citation

Sternlight, Jean R., "Should an Arbitration Provision Trump the Class Action? No: Permitting Companies to Skirt Class Actions Through Mandatory Arbitration Would be Dangerous and Unwise" (2002). Scholarly Works. 259.
https://scholars.law.unlv.edu/facpub/259