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Richard Blumenthal: “But, in fact, in many instances of consumer life, consumers may have no choice, even if there is no gun pointed to their…”

On the recordOctober 12, 2011
But, in fact, in many instances of consumer life, consumers may have no choice, even if there is no gun pointed to their head, which is, again, the phrase you used, but to use a service or buy a good where pre-dispute mandatory arbitration is imposed.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal highlights consumer lack of choice regarding mandatory arbitration in services.

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