CFPB’s Arbitration Rule Proposal a Lose-Lose Proposition
It benefits neither society or consumers. The courts will need to accommodate 6,000 more cases every five years, with costs passed onto taxpayers. The cost of defending and settling cases, estimated to be as high as $5 billion every five years, will be passed along to consumers. And the bottom line is that consumers who do win a class-action case usually have to wait years to recover an average of $32.35. [8/26/16]