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ATRA attacks arbitration clauses rule


A new rule prohibiting the use of arbitration clauses in contracts between nursing homes and those they serve has been described by the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) as the outgoing Obama administration’s “latest gift to Democrats’ most reliably generous campaign donors,” noting what it called “the extraordinary influence that wealthy plaintiffs’ lawyers have wielded throughout the executive branch during President Obama’s eight years in office.”