A column penned by Josh Moon and published in the Montgomery Advertiser on July 3 points out how recent legislation passed by Alabama's elected officials may take away your rights as a citizen to a fair trial by jury. Just in time for Independence Day!

Last night an original documentary film called Hot Coffee debuted on HBO. The film takes its name from the now-infamous legal case in which an elderly woman sued McDonald’s after she was severely burned by hot coffee. But instead of being an example of what is right with the Civil Justice system in American – the ability of the “little guy” to seek justice when faced with corporate wrongdoing and negligence – the agents of so-called “tort reform” were able to spin the case to ridicule the legal system and to undermine the right of the average citizen to have his or her day in court.

Last week, we told you about a lawsuit filed by Minnesota's attorney general against the nation's largest arbitration company. The suit, filed July 14, 2009, in Hennepin County District Court by Attorney General Lori Swanson against the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) of Minnesota, alleged "consumer fraud, deceptive trade practices, and false advertising." On July 19, Swanson announced that the NAF had agreed it would no longer arbitrate any cases between consumers and businesses.

On July 14, 2009, Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson filed a lawsuit against the National Arbitration Forum of Minnesota, the nation's largest arbitration company for consumer credit disputes, alleging "consumer fraud, deceptive trade practices, and false advertising." The lawsuit was filed in Hennepin County District Court.

The shameful treatment of a female employee working for a Halliburton company in Iraq by Halliburton officials is a disgrace.

Corporate America is taking away your rights and I hope you are not going to let them! You may ask...what can I do? Here is your answer.

Binding arbitration clauses that few consumers understand are in the fine print of nearly everything we do today from buying a home to cell phone contracts.

The first night in our new home, my husband tried out new Jacuzzi tub on the third floor. When he pulled the plug, 100 gallons of water crashed through our dining room ceiling into the dining room.

You may have never heard of Binding Mandatory Arbitration, but that would not prevent this unfair practice, visited on unsuspecting consumers, from destroying your life.

Five years ago, Jordan Fogal's dream house was turned into a living nightmare after her builders ripped her off with shoddy construction and then hid behind the arbitration clause in the contract. Now she's become a crusader against mandatory binding arbitration.