Wrongful Arbitration - Beware Wrongful Arbitration

Searching for Arbitration Victims in California

nospam@example.com (Steve) — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 22:59:14 -0700

We are launching a search for any eyewitness to Wrongful Arbitration. Characteristics:

California resident

National Arbitration Forum executed an 'Award' against you

The arbitration award winner was MBNA or FIA Card Services

Wrongful Arbitration : Is it Ubiquitous?

nospam@example.com (Steve) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:43:50 -0700

Public Citizen Continues their Assault on the State of Arbitration

Today, Public Citizen released another report, as part of their ongoing assault on the edifice of Arbitration. In this latest lambaste of the state-of-the-art, Public Citizen points out that 'arbitration is ubiquitous in many industries', and titled their report "Unfair and Everywhere". Unfair-And-Everywhere.pdfRead the report here.

As this author is wont to point out, arbitration is the outsourcing of societies' civil justice, your right to a judge and a jury. At least, this public policy/ societal outsourcing should maintain the intent and the foundation of law. The corporate usurpation of the process is the issue.

The Public Citizen is follow through on the Fall 2007 report from Public Citizen "Arbitration Trap" and is on the heels of this summer's capitulation of the National Arbitration Forum to Minnesota State Attorney General's lawsuit (READ THE LAWSUIT HERE). Of particular note is Public Citizens' tactics with the call centers of American Express, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, (see the report footnotes 29, 30, 33), all of which exploit those call centers' machinations to expose the business practices of these firms. In several noteworthy passages, Public Citizen catches employees of these corporations referring callers to 'the department that knows". As it turns out, the National Arbitration Forum is answering these inquiries, as the "customer service department that know about arbitration." (this was an American Express call center - see page 9 of the Public Citizen report "Unfair and Everywhere").

The Public Citizen report is an admirable data hash. The report give a good overview of arbitration usage in the banking and cell phone industry, as well as computer manufacturing. Homebuilders, brokerages, cable and internet providers, and automobile dealers' use of arbitration round out the 24 paqe report. This is a must read!

"The American Jury System is Dying"

nospam@example.com (Steve) — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:00:00 -0700

U.S. District Judge William G. Young delivered this speech to the Florida Bar Association, stating:

Arbitration is in play. If you trade on the New York stock exchange, have long-distance telephone service, use cell phones, or work for Circuit City or other major employers, he said, you have already given up your right to trial by jury.

â€œIt will never go entirely, but it is already marginalized. It is not at the center of our political discourse. How is this possible, with our Constitution and every one of the 50 state constitutions guaranteeing the right to trial by jury? The general answer is that we do not care.â€

When a member of the judiciary stands up and makes this kind of statement, something is going awry; in the case of MBNA and FIA Card Services, these have led to Wrongful Arbitration actions.

Schiano v MBNA, Wolpoff & Abramson, and the National Arbitration Forum

nospam@example.com (Steve) — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:42:00 -0700

In this fascinating case, we get a rare published look at the potential iceberg of fraudulent Wrongful Arbitration.

The Schiano's have filed a case before the United States Supreme Court, over issues relating to a PAID AND SETTLED ARBITRATION BASED AWARD. In their filing, the Schiano's note that the payment of $30,000 was not received by MBNA, the dlinquent account remains on their credit report, and their credit remains ruined.

$30,000. Who got the money if MBNA didn't?

The story (read it here) also contains specific elements of the process of converting the National Arbitration Forums award to MBNA, into LIQUID funds that were then collected during a refinance, with a mortgage brokerage recommended by the law firm collectors.

Is this a pattern of behavior? Do you have similar circumstances? Let us know now.