And if you have one of these consumer take-it-or-leave-it arbitration clauses that are in a general contract, are they limited to small dollar amounts, or do they have a threshold so that if it turns out to actually be a really big deal for somebody, they still have their right to get before a jury and that this is really just a way of sort of clearing the decks of the small clutter, the $100 disputes here and there?
Senator Whitehouse discusses the limitations of arbitration clauses in contracts.
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