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On the recordDecember 12, 2011
If you personally were involved in an issue with a firm, if you were involved in a contest over how a transaction went down and the other side chose the adjudicator, paid the adjudicator, designed the process, designed the form, would you consider that to have the full appearance of independence?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the appearance of independence in adjudicator selection.

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