Lunch is brown bag. Refreshments will be provided, however.

Arbitration, itself, is rarely in the news, or a matter of public controversy. Lately, that’s changed. There’s been a proliferation of Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreements (PDAAs) in financial and consumer agreements, terms of service which can’t be negotiated. Then, there’s been the Franken Bill, the CFPB’s Arbitration Rule, and the now-successful effort to set that Rule aside.

This CLE will address PDAAs from several perspectives: their history, the issues they present, their use in the financial industry, the consumer aspect, the views of in-house counsel, and the public policy/political considerations.

For the ADR Section, this is an unusually hot topic—don’t miss it!