Treinen Law Office, PC

An attorney who identified himself as working with the Chamber of Commerce offered an Arizona consumer protection attorney $2,000 to put his name on an op/ed defending forced arbitration and attacking the FAIR Act.  The draft op/ed was filled with false statements pretending that it’s a good thing for consumers to be forced into arbitration. […]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-12-28/the-doctor-will-see-you-once-you-sign-this-binding-arbitration-agreement?sref=K2fn0sqp

On April 6, 2020, the New Mexico Supreme Court affirmed that one-sided arbitration schemes will not be enforced in New Mexico.  Treinen Law Office was involved as one of the attorneys for the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice (“AAJ”).  These groups pointed out to the Court why unfair arbitration […]

Arbitration agreements in contracts today have become ubiquitous. It’s difficult to find a contract that doesn’t have one: cell phone agreements, credit cards, car sales, you name it. Most consumers don’t even realize that they’ve agreed to arbitration when they sign a contract or simply do business with a company. Even if the consumer realizes […]

Check out this fascinating three-part series recently released by the New York Times on the effects of arbitration on our nation’s justice system: Part I Part II Part III [back]