"SteveLehto" (stevelehto)
06/11/2015 at 11:00 • Filed to: None
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"SteveLehto" (stevelehto)
06/11/2015 at 11:00 • Filed to: None | 15
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I’ve been doing the Lehto’s Law podcast now for over half a year and I thought, “I wonder if anyone wants to know what a podcast looks like?” You know like, “What does a movie taste like?” Or, “How does a painting sound?”
Actually, someone told me they listened to podcasts on Youtube. Really? But what do you look at when doing that? Turns out it’s like those “videos” for songs I listen to when someone puts up a song with a photo as filler. Not sure why I hadn’t thought of that.
Well, I couldn’t ask anyone to look at a picture of me for 18 minutes, so I decided to film a podcast - and record it too, the old fashioned way. This week’s Lehto’s Law is on the topic of Arbitration and why you want to avoid it (it’s episode #35 for those of you who are trying to collect the whole set). It is thus available as a thing you can watch.
And, as always, a thing you can listen to:
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What will they think of next? I half expect someone to say they have internet on computers now, too.
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Leon711
> SteveLehto
06/11/2015 at 11:41 |
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Sucks to be those who listened to the soundcloud version, they miss out on the bonus extra 11 seconds.
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SteveLehto
> Leon711
06/11/2015 at 11:42 |
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And that time is priceless!
WiscoProud
> SteveLehto
06/11/2015 at 13:47 |
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Very good post. I have read about the problems with binding arbitration before, but hearing real world examples bring it home. I thought I read that there was going to be legislation to reign in abuses, am I imagining that?
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SteveLehto
> WiscoProud
06/11/2015 at 15:09 |
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Depends. Consumer groups are pushing for it but businesses are fighting it.
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WiscoProud
> SteveLehto
06/11/2015 at 15:17 |
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There's a shocker.
StevenG
> WiscoProud
06/12/2015 at 10:46 |
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No way, the Supremes in their infinite wisdom pretty much made it so we are all stuck with it.
GLiddy
> SteveLehto
06/12/2015 at 10:52 |
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Technical quibble. Turn off the auto exposure on your camera. Its distracting as it continuously brightens and dims.
Vin
> SteveLehto
06/12/2015 at 10:53 |
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Step 1: Do moar of these
Step 2: Get rich
Step 3: Buy a lighthouse
Step 4: Start a random-ass illegal road rally
Step 5: Get sunglasses
(Nah but seriously - good shit as always!)
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SteveLehto
> GLiddy
06/12/2015 at 10:55 |
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Does it on computers but not other devices. But I’m still working on it.
Thanks!
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SteveLehto
> Vin
06/12/2015 at 10:56 |
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Thanks!
TheCraigy
> SteveLehto
06/12/2015 at 11:06 |
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While listening today I got a flashback to listening to Richard Freer teach civil procedure on audiobook.
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SteveLehto
> TheCraigy
06/12/2015 at 11:08 |
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Good times!
E39Geek
> SteveLehto
06/12/2015 at 11:32 |
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As always, very educational. One item I’d like to know more about is where the arbitrators come from. You said that in one case they were (I assume retired) former executives of a company forcing binding arbitration for their customers. Is this typical?
As a follow-on question, is there any kind of training and/or certification for arbitrators? I imagine there’s a “Miss Manners School of Binding Arbitration” and/or some kind of wall candy you — as an arbitrator — can hang up to look Impressive and Professional. Or do you just cook something up in Word and have it framed?
Great video. I’d watch these if you put ‘em up on a YouTube channel.
Tyler
> SteveLehto
06/12/2015 at 12:23 |
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Too lazy to google. What is that sweet looking mic you’re using?
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SteveLehto
> Tyler
06/12/2015 at 13:06 |
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In the top pic it is a Shure SM 7. In the video is a Blue Nessie.
PS9
> SteveLehto
06/12/2015 at 14:20 |
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Hey Steve. This is off topic, but there was a thread a day or so ago on oppo about someone hiring a (now infamous) shop to do some work on his car. Their have been many unreasonable and unexplained delays, the work was never done and the car still remains at the shop a year and some change later in an unknown state of repair. What legal options exist for the car owner in this position?
360ad
> SteveLehto
06/12/2015 at 14:35 |
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Great post and great podcast. Perfect timing too. I am a member of a Jeep Renegade forum (I don’t own one yet). A lot of folks there are experiencing problems with their brand new cars and have been talking about invoking lemon laws in their states. I’ve shared this over there for those pondering this path.
james-thomas
> SteveLehto
06/12/2015 at 14:50 |
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Interesting episode. So, on the whole, you don’t think arbitration is a better option than courts? My impression of the court system is that it takes longer and costs much more. I have no experience either way, but are the examples you use here common enough that you would rather go to court? If you did agree to an arbitration clause, would it not be sufficient to eliminate phrases saying “we make the rules and choose arbitrator?”
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SteveLehto
> PS9
06/12/2015 at 15:12 |
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Depends on the state and the contract. Hard to say.
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SteveLehto
> 360ad
06/12/2015 at 15:13 |
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Thanks. I appreciate it.
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360ad
> SteveLehto
06/12/2015 at 15:17 |
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No problem. Good stuff is always worth sharing. Do you practice only in MI?
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SteveLehto
> 360ad
06/12/2015 at 15:58 |
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Yes.
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SteveLehto
> james-thomas
06/12/2015 at 16:50 |
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It really depends on what kind of arbitration you get roped into. But notice that consumers never clamor to get into arbitration. Who cares if it’s faster if it’s slanted in favor of your opponent?
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SteveLehto
> E39Geek
06/12/2015 at 17:25 |
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In reverse order: I have a youtube channel and will be adding more of these as time permits.
The problem with the arbitrations is that some are run one way, some are run another. I have seem them where the arbitrators are neutral and trained. I’ve seen others where the arbitrators are obviously biased and there was no mention of training.
revarthurbelling
> SteveLehto
06/13/2015 at 01:29 |
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Don’t lie. You have this shirt!
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SteveLehto
> revarthurbelling
06/13/2015 at 06:40 |
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If I did (which I am not admitting), I am smart enough to not wear it on camera!
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revarthurbelling
> SteveLehto
06/13/2015 at 08:20 |
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All joking aside, that was a helluva good podcast. Amazing how arbitrary those arbitrators are (pun intended). If I ever have legal car issues in Michigan, you’re the first I’ll call.
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SteveLehto
> revarthurbelling
06/13/2015 at 08:39 |
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Thanks!
Whitesmoke
> SteveLehto
06/13/2015 at 12:06 |
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Good advices as always. Sounds as if a lot of arbitrators are graduates of the Close Cover Before Striking School of Law (and Taxidermy).