Re: [Avid-L2] OT - freelancer asked to sign Arbitration Agreement?

On 5/6/10 11:22 AM, "Paul Dougherty" <lists@postlit.com> wrote:
>
> I'm a freelance editor and after a first gig with a small (3 person)
> company, I was asked to fill out a many forms and agreements to get
> in their system. The one I never encountered before was an
> "Arbitration Agreement" that requires all disputes to be settles by
> American Arbitration Association.
>
> Anyone ever encounter this or have any thoughts?

I¹ve never had to go through arbitration, but I have (reluctantly) signed a
few agreements. And I¹ve worked on some stories (and now a book) that
discuss the whole arbitration process. For folks like us, there is an
upside...but I think a bigger and steeper downside. However, I¹m not a
lawyer. So here¹s an attorney¹s plain-English discussion of arbitration
agreements that looks pretty useful to me...and note the suggestions to make
an agreement fair:

<http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/article-30005.html>

HTH,

Jim
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Jim Feeley
POV Media

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