Fill out the contact form or call us at (510) 452-5000 to schedule your free consultation. ADR is the common term for different ways of settling a dispute.ADR includes mediation, arbitration, neutral evaluation, settlement conferences. This agreement contains important information regarding your deposit accounts (share accounts) and related electronic financial services. Arbitration is essentially a paid private trial, in other words, a method to resolve disputes without going to court. The issue of whether an arbitration agreement is unconscionable for lack of the ability of a consumer to meaningfully optout is a hot issue in litigation. A hallmark of arbitration law is that in order to compel parties to arbitration, there must be a valid agreement to arbitrate the disputed claims. By banning class actions, companies have essentially disabled consumer challenges to practices like predatory lending, wage theft and discrimination. What is forced arbitration? Forced arbitration clauses are hidden in the fine print of agreements.