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title: "Drawing The Battle Lines for Mandatory Arbitration Clauses: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Joins the Fight"
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# Drawing The Battle Lines for Mandatory Arbitration Clauses: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Joins the Fight

  February 2014

The Antitrust Source

 

 

 

 

 

 

Partners [Christie Thompson](/Our-People/Christie-Grymes-Thompson) and [John Villafranco](/Our-People/John-E-Villafranco) authored *The Antitrust Source* article ​“Drawing The Battle Lines for Mandatory Arbitration Clauses: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Joins the Fight.” The article summarizes the findings that led to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Preliminary Report and the outlook for the CFPB’s future work. In addition, the authors discuss efforts by the business community to redirect the discourse on pre-dispute arbitration clauses.

 

 

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