First, they make the proceedings private: there’s no public record of the proceedings or verdict, and even if you win there’s no precedent that others can use. The for-profit nature of the arbitrator (much or even most of whose business comes from corporate clients) represents a conflict of interest.

Second, they isolate the plaintiff: you can’t sue as part of a class action, so no lawyer can represent a group of similarly wronged people in exchange for a percentage of any verdict. This means you have to pay for your own lawyer, which many people can’t afford to do and even if you can it may not be worth it if the damage is small enough.

Together, these issues massively favor business and employers that include these clauses in contracts, as reflected in both win rates for corporations as well the number of cases brought against them versus in open court.

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Maybe the paywall had something to do with it?

Can we please not help launder his reputation by proactively giving him credit for something he hasn’t done yet?

Wasn’t a major tranche of Softbank’s funding contingent on their being able to do this? They might be broke a lot sooner than people thought without it…

This sounds like the company from Cory Doctorow’s most recent novel, Picks & Shovels

And Viewers Like You

Let’s delve into the issue

In the US it’s usually euphemised under ‘loitering’ or ‘vagrancy’ or some such rubbish

an American publication

According to Wikipedia, its mostly written and edited in London, and was started in Britain in the 1800s (to raise support for abolishing import tariffs in fact)

This is the premise of Tom Maughan’s short story “Flyover Country”

This Steam?

Jawohl!

Yes, it’s called Loops, though it’s still in development.

And you still act like you’re in freshman year

Close: you do get banned from their supercharger network if you try to repair your own car

“[Generative AI] is the leaded gasoline of tech, where the boost to engine performance didn’t outweigh the horrific health impacts it inflicted.”

I love Ed so much.

Steve Jobs is already in hell though, he ain’t getting your money either way

Talk about hidden figures…

Viva Colombia