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1. oceansky · 1790000838 · focus · HN ↗

   Good outcome, but forced arbitration should still be illegal.

   1. TZubiri · 1790003430 · focus · HN ↗

      What's the line? If 2 brothers sign a contract, can't they decide their father will be the judge if disputes arise?

      If there's a sports match, shouldn't the sports arbiter be able to decide whether some team scored a goal or not?

      These are all valid civil contracts. It only affects the civil claims, never criminal, and the venue for disputing the arbitration clause (if you believe arbitration wasn't legal to begin with) are the public courts anyways, who will delegate or not to the private court.

      Almost all countries recognize it and it has a quite defensible theory.

      1. throwaway85825 · 1790007440 · focus · HN ↗

         I think such terms should require signatures and initials. Holding people to terms they are unaware of is not fair.

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