By now, you’ve probably heard about the story of Jamie Leigh Jones. In 2005, she was working for a Halliburton subsidiary in Iraq when she was gang-raped by coworkers. Four years later, Jamie is still being denied justice.
Jamie can’t pursue justice in criminal court because the rape took place overseas, and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Halliburton’
Don’t let the Senate weaken Franken amendment
Posted in Activism, Congress, Consumer Protection, tagged access to justice, Al Franken, arbitration, Halliburton on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to help from activists like you, lawmakers passed Sen. Al Franken’s (D-Minn.) amendment to bar defense contractors from forcing employees with sexual assault and discrimination claims into arbitration. But now, as the House and Senate negotiate a final version of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act (DOD Appropriations bill, H.R. [...]
Franken goes to bat against forced arbitration again
Posted in Congress, Consumer Protection, tagged access to justice, Al Franken, arbitration, Halliburton, Jamie Leigh Jones, KBR on October 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sen. Al Franken, the new patron saint of fair arbitration, tore into an arbitration apologist Wednesday, administering a beating that one would more expect to see in a boxing ring than a committee hearing room. If you don’t believe me, watch for yourself.
Poor Mark de Bernardo, a partner at corporate-side [...]














