“As the CFPB has demonstrated with its comprehensive study, forced arbitration shields corporations from accountability for abusive, anti-consumer practices, which only encourages unscrupulous business practices by allowing violations of the law to go unchecked,” wrote 38 senators, including Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the ranking member on the Judiciary Committee. “This comes at the expense of consumers, small businesses, and—just as importantly—law abiding businesses.”

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