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10/26/2016
FCC Privacy Item May Nix Mandatory Arbitration
Democratic FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn is signaling that the broadband privacy item coming up for a vote this week (Oct. 27) could include restrictions on mandatory arbitration clauses.
Clyburn and Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) say they are launching a two-front offensive against mandatory arbitration clauses in telecom contracts, at least to start, and then other communications contracts.
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That came in a dual bylined opinion piece in Time online over the weekend (it published Oct. 23).
