Clauses and Consent: How Forced Arbitration Quietly Took Over Everything

Tucked into the fine print of millions of consumer and employment contracts, forced arbitration clauses are nearly ubiquitous in modern America. Most people who agree to them, however, have no idea that in doing so they’ve given away their right to sue in court, and have instead relegated any future claims to arbitration, an alternate legal universe where conflicts of interest abound and the system is designed, even more that it usually is, to ensure that corporations win.