Anthony...alternative dispute resolutions systems (arbitration, mediation) do indeed work. Generally, both sides pay their own fees and one-half of the costs for the tribunal (the arbitrator or the mediator). You either win or you lose, but you have to pay the kitty to play.
I have been both an arbitrator and a mediator...it works. Who doesn't like it? Why corksucking plaintiffs attorneys of course.
Anyone stupid enough to enter into arbitration which does not draw its arbitrators from AAA or some such other organization is a dumbass given how long such organizations have been around. Scams like what occurred in Texas only exist because dumbasses are allowed to walk amongst us instead of getting the phuk off the planet.
You do lose your right to appeal...you also get the case completed quickly with finality.
Just my opinion of course.
