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 Important Consumer Rights Legislation:

On July 12th, Senator Russ Feingold (Wisconsin) and Congressman Hank Johnson (Georgia) introduced the "Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007", a comprehensive bill which would effectively ban binding mandatory arbitration clauses from all consumer and employee contracts. This may be the most significant piece of consumer legislation proposed in the past three decades. If enacted, it will give you back the legal rights you have lost through arbitration. For this bill to build momentum and ultimately become law, we need to educate our Representatives and Senators about the need for this legislation and urge them to not only support, but co-sponsor this bill. Please just take a few minutes to send a message to your representatives. And please pass on the information about our campaign to as many as possible. Only together, and with your active support can we restore access to justice for our clients and for all American consumers.


Send a letter to the following decision maker(s): Your Congressperson, Your Senators: Below is the sample letter:

Subject: Support and Sponsor the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007

Dear [decision maker name inserted here], I urge you to support and co-sponsor the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007, which would ban pre-dispute Mandatory Binding Arbitration clauses in consumer and employment contracts. This unfair practice stacks the deck against average Americans trying to hold powerful interests accountable when they have been hurt through no fault of their own.


Buried within the fine print of many consumer contracts for credit cards, home-building contracts and car purchases are clauses that stack the deck against ordinary Americans and force consumers to give up their rights before a dispute even occurs. These "pre-dispute Mandatory Binding Arbitration" clauses have been used to deny millions of consumers and employees access to our nation's justice system.


The Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007 bans this unfair practice and restores the right of hardworking Americans to seek justice through the courts, often the only place they can face powerful interests on a level playing field. I urge you to support this legislation and to please consider being one of the bill's co-sponsors.

Thank you for your time and consideration