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Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009

Introduced: February 12, 2009 Introduced by: Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov

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Jun 21, 2010

Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law Discharged.

Mar 16, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

Feb 12, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Feb 12, 2009

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 - Declares that no predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of: (1) an employment, consumer, or franchise dispute, or (2) a dispute arising under any statute intended to protect civil rights.

Declares, further, that the validity or enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate shall be determined by a court, under federal law, rather than an arbitrator, irrespective of whether the party resisting arbitration challenges the arbitration agreement specifically or in conjunction with other terms of the contract containing such agreement.

Exempts from this Act arbitration provisions in collective bargaining agreements.

What's happening now June 21, 2010

Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law Discharged.

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