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Emily Bazelon's explanation of a recent Obama executive order is posted on Slate.
One expert put it this way:

    "This is as clear and well-written an explanation as we're going to see of President Obama's Executive Order saying that corporations can't get federal contracts if they force their workers to submit to forced arbitration of civil rights claims. Emily Bazelon, a very widely read blogger, has done a terrific job of putting the executive order into context and explaining why it is so important.

    "If there is one piece that everyone should read to understand this issue, this is it. If you have friends who don't understand why forced arbitration is a problem or don't realize that President Obama has actually done something really important, this is the best story I've seen to set it all out."

We shouldn't let giant corporations keep hiding what they know about defective products when they settle lawsuits!

And there's a way to stop them -- it's called the Sunshine in Litigation Act, introduced in Congress by Sens. Blumenthal and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.

The bill would require judges to consider the impact on public health and safety before deciding whether to approve secret settlements.

With rare exceptions, sealing records "relevant to the protection of public health or safety" would be prohibited under the bill.

It passed the Senate Judiciary Committee with bipartisan support in 2011.
http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/op_ed/hc-op-blumenthal-sunshine-in-litigation-act-20140804,0,606730.story