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  • It seems completely ridiculous regardless. If Disney can do this, what is preventing even more absurd things, like the following case? I do some plumbing work and ask all my clients to sign a long agreement with some text saying that any disputes will be handled through arbitration. At some point later on, for unrelated reasons, I murder someone for the thrill. Their surviving family member tries to sue me for a wrongful death, but because they agreed to arbitration when I fixed their toilet, the suit is thrown out. Commented Oct 23, 2024 at 17:06
  • Or: I write an article and post it on my website, but to access the website people have to click a little box saying that they agree to the terms and conditions. Decades later, I sexually harass one of my employees, who naturally tries to sue me. However, because they read the article and clicked the box years before, the case gets thrown out. That is, some lucky or powerful individuals might also be able to mostly remove themselves from civil judicial authority using the same strategy. Commented Oct 23, 2024 at 17:10
  • @Obie2.0 I think that this substantive law is horrible and have litigated and lost cases where the argument for arbitration was much weaker more than once. But the law is what the law is and if somebody wants to change it the federal arbitration act needs to be amended. Also, arbitration doesn't mean that you automatically lose, but it does mean that if the arbitrator ignores the evidence or disregards the law, you can't do anything about it. Commented Oct 24, 2024 at 0:50