U.S. Congress Hearing on the Misuse of Arbitration to Collect Consumer Debts

As announced by this press release,  the U.S. Subcommittee on Domestic Policy will hold a hearing related to arbitration on July 22, 2009. The hearing is entitled  “Arbitration or ‘Arbitrary’: The Misuse of Arbitration to Collect Consumer Debts.”

Experts invited to testify include:

• Michael Kelly, Chief Operating Officer, National Arbitration Forum
• Richard W. Naimark, Senior Vice-President, International Centre for Dispute Resolution, a division of the American Arbitration Association
• F. Paul Bland, Staff Attorney, Public Justice
• Professor Christopher R. Drahozal, John M. Rounds Professor of Law, University of Kansas
• The Honorable Lori Swanson, Attorney General, State of Minnesota.

Stay tuned to Disputing for updates on this controversial topic!

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