New AAA Consumer Fee Schedule Addresses Mass Arbitration Costs
By EsqSocial Corporation 02/03/21
A litigation phenomenon that has recently surged is the simultaneous filing of hundreds or even thousands of individual arbitration demands against the same company by the same law firm, requiring the company to pay the substantial up-front filing fees typically charged by arbitration administrators. Initially used in the context of employment arbitration claims, such “mass arbitrations” are now also being pursued against consumer businesses....
By: Ballard Spahr LLP