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Sometimes you’re stuck. You must arbitrate. Maybe you entered an agreement to do so. Is such an agreement binding and enforceable? If you willingly sign an agreement to arbitrate there’s a pretty good chance you’ll be bound. However, not all such agreements are enforceable. You may still be able to get out. Lawyers often fight…

If you were a party to a civil lawsuit would you want a jury or a judge to decide your fate? Juries are typically seen as favoring the little guy, usually the plaintiff. But maybe that perception is wrong. Researchers Valerie Hans and Stephanie Albertson found that “beliefs that jurors are highly sympathetic to individual…

Multiemployer defined benefit pension plans face the problem of underfunding. Will there be enough money to pay pensioners the benefits they’ve been promised? Such pension funds are insured through the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, but only minimally. In the 1970’s Congress enacted ERISA and made union employers quasi-insurers of the continued viability of defined benefit…