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ABC Special Report
Investigation: New Home Heartbreak
Trump - NAHB Homebuilders Shoddy Construction and Forced Arbitration
Binding Arbitration
Binding Arbitration Clauses
Thursday, 12 May 2005

           Beware of All Binding Arbitration Clauses!
          New KB Home buyers & All buyers of homes with FHA & VA insured loans  

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Warning! New Home Buyers Avoid Builder Contracts that Harm New Home Buyers
Sunday, 10 April 2005

How to minimize the risk
By Janet Ahmad

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Warning! New Home Buyers Avoid Builder Contracts
Sunday, 10 April 2005

Warning!  Avoiding Builder Contracts that Harm New Home Buyers
How to minimize the risk
By Janet Ahmad

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Court rules on Arbitration - Wife and children are not bound to arbitration
Friday, 18 March 2005

HISTORY MAKING COURT DESICION
Husband Bound by Arbitration Agreement, But Wife, Child Are Not
A mobile home owner must arbitrate both contract and mold tort claims arising from alleged defects and mold exposure,
but his wife and child were not parties to the purchase agreement and can pursue personal injury claims in court, a Louisiana
appellate court ruled Feb. 16. Snyder v. Belmont Homes Inc., No. 2004 CA 0445 (La. App., 1st Cir.).

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Court rules on Arbitration - Wife and children are not bound to arbitration
Friday, 18 March 2005

HISTORY MAKING COURT DESICION
Husband Bound by Arbitration Agreement, But Wife, Child Are Not
A mobile home owner must arbitrate both contract and mold tort claims arising from alleged defects and mold exposure,
but his wife and child were not parties to the purchase agreement and can pursue personal injury claims in court, a Louisiana
appellate court ruled Feb. 16. Snyder v. Belmont Homes Inc., No. 2004 CA 0445 (La. App., 1st Cir.).

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Groups Launch Nationwide Effort to Stop Use of Binding Mandatory Arbitration Clauses
Saturday, 26 February 2005

Stop Use of Binding Mandatory Arbitration Clauses
At a press conference, the groups released a 10-point platform for action, which includes the unveiling of two educational Web sites, a call for state and federal legislation, and a campaign to encourage consumers to avoid doing business with companies that use BMA clauses.  Give Me Back My Rights - 
www.givemebackmyrights.org Call Before You Buy www.callbeforeyoubuy.com 
See List of
Participating Organizations and Press Release

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Groups Launch Nationwide Effort to Stop Use of Binding Mandatory Arbitration Clauses
Saturday, 26 February 2005

Stop Use of Binding Mandatory Arbitration Clauses
At a press conference, the groups released a 10-point platform for action, which includes the unveiling of two educational Web sites, a call for state and federal legislation, and a campaign to encourage consumers to avoid doing business with companies that use BMA clauses.  Give Me Back My Rights - 
www.givemebackmyrights.org Call Before You Buy www.callbeforeyoubuy.com 
See List of
Participating Organizations and Press Release

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Binding Arbitration Coalition Infiormational Sites
Saturday, 26 February 2005
Give Back My Rights - www.givemebackmyrights.org
Call Before You Buy - www.callbeforeyoubuy.com
 
Binding Arbitration Coalition Infiormational Sites
Saturday, 26 February 2005
Give Back My Rights - www.givemebackmyrights.org
Call Before You Buy - www.callbeforeyoubuy.com
 
ABC News Part 2 - Binding Arbitration
Thursday, 24 February 2005
Fine Print Binds Car Buyers
Consumers Forced into Arbitration Process, Out of Courts
 Lloyd is one of thousands of consumers whose disputes with car dealers or manufacturers will not be settled in a court of law, but instead by a growing number of private arbitration companies, to the dismay of consumer activists and plaintiffs' lawyers...The NAF hires its own judges and advertises to companies, including car dealers, that the arbitration proceedings will be "kept private," will be "predictable" and will "put a stop to million-dollar lawsuits."
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ABC News Part 2 - Binding Arbitration
Thursday, 24 February 2005
Fine Print Binds Car Buyers
Consumers Forced into Arbitration Process, Out of Courts
 Lloyd is one of thousands of consumers whose disputes with car dealers or manufacturers will not be settled in a court of law, but instead by a growing number of private arbitration companies, to the dismay of consumer activists and plaintiffs' lawyers...The NAF hires its own judges and advertises to companies, including car dealers, that the arbitration proceedings will be "kept private," will be "predictable" and will "put a stop to million-dollar lawsuits."
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