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The lawsuit claims that Dr. Kanokporn Tangsuan suffered a fatal allergic reaction after eating at a Disney Springs restaurant despite repeatedly informing the waiter of her severe allergy.

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[-] cdf12345@lemm.ee 200 points 1 month ago

Arbitration clauses need to be deemed illegal.

Especially ones that are mandatory for employment

[-] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 70 points 1 month ago

or at the absolute bare fucking minimum be opt-in only, instead of "opt out by sending us a handwritten letter through snail mail within 45 minutes of this notice." the shit offers less than zero benefit to the consumer and basically lets corporations get away with murder

nothing will ever change to make them go away

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Opt in with customers isn't a thing. If you don't opt in, you don't get housing, or Internet, or phone service. The list goes on. Opt in is libertarian propaganda. No different than at will employment.

[-] Sesudesu@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I was gonna say basically the same thing, ‘opt in’ is just a solid point of leverage away from ‘required.’

Should be illegal.

[-] hddsx@lemmy.ca 48 points 1 month ago

Arbitration has its place in B2B contracts.

With consumers or employees? Absolutely not

[-] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If nothing else, they should always be mutual. Have Disney take their copyright claims to arbitration rather than using the other legal channels available to them.

[-] gramie@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago

I'm just about to move to Quebec, which is based on the French Napoleonic code rather than English Common Law. I'm not an expert, but I understand that the French system does not rely on precedent in making judicial decisions, but everything has to be codified in the law.

Anyway, another one of the legal differences between Quebec and other provinces in Canada is that mandatory arbitration clauses are illegal.

The medical system may be imploding even faster than the rest of Canada, and my rights as an English speaker may be stripped from me by the time I move, but they do have some protections for individuals.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Merde, j'ai besoin d'aller au Montreal!

(I know that's not quite right, but I'm proud of it anyway 'cause I didn't use machine translation.)

[-] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yes agreed. It should be illegal to compel someone to give up their fucking rights (to their detriment and to the benefit of the person making them agree especially, especially when the person benefitting is an authority figure). This includes police encouraging the people they arrest to talk without a lawyer.

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