In “Using Test Cases In Wage Mass Arbitration Can Rein In Costs” (Law360, March 2, 2023), Law360 notes that as arbitration becomes an increasingly prevalent forum for resolving employment law claims, providers have adopted procedures, including so-called “bellwether systems”, to help keep the process from becoming unmanageable and outrageously expensive.
Pollock Cohen raises concerns about the use of these “bellwether systems” in mass arbitration, that while they may be designed to keep the arbitration process from being uncontrollable and too expensive, they can instead be misused by companies to delay and impede the resolution.
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