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This is one case that's warming me up to binding arbitration. I'd say that in an ideal world, we'd spend $0 of taxes on court disputes over video game cheating
by jrockway 4y ago
This is one case that's warming me up to binding arbitration. I'd say that in an ideal world, we'd spend $0 of taxes on court disputes over video game cheating.
- SQueeeeeL 4y agoI mean, we spend lots of time using the legal system to resolve marital and land issues. Ultimately most legal issues are interpersonal issues, I don't see why the perception of a conflict as silly should preclude a judge from helping mediate
- jfengel 4y agoThis is a defamation case. There isn't really room for binding arbitration; there's no contract to bind.
- ketralnis 4y agoIt's rough because while I agree that I don't want to see a bunch of court time wasted on video game cheating, this isn't a case about video game cheating. It's a case about defamation, a defence to which is the accuracy of the claims (in some countries), and then yes suddenly it's a case about video game cheating. I do think that you should have legal remedies to defamation, and in most cases of defamation the two of you are unlikely to have had a prior contract that could have included an arbitration clause. (In this particular case they could potentially have but I suspect that's uncommon.)