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Date Posted: 23:59:12 07/20/09 Mon
Author: Bobby N. Harmon, CPCU
Subject:

PUBLIC JUSTICE E-LERT: NATIONAL ARBITRATION FORUM FORCED OUT OF CONSUMER ARBITRATIONS!

"PUBLIC JUSTICE E-LERT: NATIONAL ARBITRATION FORUM FORCED OUT OF CONSUMER ARBITRATIONS!" - (An Exhibit in CV05-00030 - U S Dept of Justice vs Harmon)

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 12:23 AM

From: Bobby N. Harmon, CPCU

To: "President Barack Obama" , "U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder" , "David Farmer" , "Steven Guttman" , "Carol K. Muranaka" , "Judge David A. Ezra" , "Judge Kevin S.C. Chang" , "Judge Barry M. Kurren" , "Securities & Exchange Commission Enforcement Division" , "U.S. Treasury Dept. Office of Inspector General" , "Office of Inspector General US Dept of Justice" , "Executive Office for U.S. Trustees" , "Judge Robert Faris" , "SEC Office of The Inspector General" , "Hawaii State Bar Association" , "Hugh Jones" , "Insurance Division Fraud Branch" , "Lawrence Reifurth" , "Linda Lingle" , "Jo Ann Uchida" , "Office of Inspector General Civil Rights Complaints" , "Mark Bennett" , "American Arbitration Association" , "Judith Neustadter" , "Benjamin J. Cayetano" , "All Representatives" , "All Senators" , "Andrew Walden" , "Aon Insurance Managers" , "Arthur Rath" , "Benjamin Kudo" , "Bradley Tamm" , "Carl Morton" , "Charles Hurd" , "David Shapiro" , "Dee Jay Mailer" , "J C Shannon" , "James B Nicholson" , "James B. Farris" , "James Cribley" , "James Wriston" , "Jeffrey Watanabe" , "Jim Dooley" , "Joe Moore" , "John D. Finnegan" , "Judson Witham" , "Ken Conklin" , "Lyn Flanigan Anzai" , "Margery Bronster" , "Marsh Affinity Group" , "Michael N. Tanoue" , "Michelle Tucker" , "Nathan Aipa" , "Paul Alston" , "Randall Roth" , "Rick Daysog" , "Robert Bruce Graham" , "Robin Campaniano" , "Samuel P. King" , "William K Slate" , "Jim Terrack" , "Rocco Sansone" , "Ted Pettit" , "Laura Thielen" , "Vaughn & Lynda Robinson" , "Rebecca Christie" , "Catbird" , "James Duca" , "Ian Lind" , "Roy F. Hughes" , "Jack Cashill" , "Marshall Chriswell" , "Laser Haas" , "Lucy Komisar" , "Democrats.com" , "Debra Sweet" , "Jane Kirtley" , "John Jubinsky" , "Yamil Berard" , "Global Exchange" , "William K. Black" , "Carole Williams" , "Susan Tius" , "Human Rights in China" , "Michelle Malkin" , "Phil J. Berg" , "Amnesty International U.S.A." , "Michael Moore" , "California Anti-SLAPP Project" , "Thomas Fitton" , "Ron Branson" , "ACLU of Kentucky" , "ACLU Online" , "Louanne Kam" , "Fiona Tarazi" , "Eric Martinson" , "Bruce Nakaoka" , "Oswald Stender" , "Crystal Rose" , "Arthur Bryant" ... more

Public Justice E-lert: National Arbitration Forum Forced Out of Consumer Arbitrations!

Monday, July 20, 2009 9:12 PM

From: "Arthur Bryant (Public Justice E-lert: Access to Justice)" abryant@publicjustice.net

To: Bobby N. Harmon

Dear Bobby,

On July 19th, Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson announced that the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) - the country's largest administrator of consumer arbitrations -- has agreed that it will no longer arbitrate any cases between consumers and businesses.

The consent decree, entered into between the Minnesota Attorney General and the NAF, was reached after the Attorney General had filed a lawsuit on July 14th unveiling explosive new facts alleging that the NAF hid from the public its extensive ties to the collection industry. Among many other connections, the Minnesota Attorney General alleged that the same people who owned the largest debt collection law firms in the U.S. also owned a substantial percentage of the NAF while the NAF served as a supposedly "neutral" decision maker in hundreds of thousands of debt collection cases brought by those law firms each year.

For over 10 years, Public Justice has investigated and litigated numerous cases involving abusive practices of the NAF against consumers in a variety of lending contexts. In court cases challenging NAF's refusal to make required public disclosures about its cases and challenging the NAF as being a biased decisionmaker in consumer cases, in testimony before Congress and administrative bodies, and in numerous articles and public presentations, we have long argued that the close relationship between NAF and banks and debt collectors led to serious abuses of consumers.

"We applaud the Minnesota Attorney General for taking action to stop the NAF once and for all from forcing consumers into arbitrations where the deck is stacked heavily in the debt collector's favor," said Public Justice Staff Attorney Paul Bland, who directs our Mandatory Arbitration Abuse Prevention Project. "This is a wonderful development and a step in the right direction towards protecting consumers from unfair and abusive arbitration practices."

The consent decree forbids the NAF from administering, processing, or "[i]n any manner participating" in any new consumer arbitrations on or after July 24th. In exchange, the Minnesota Attorney General has agreed to dismiss her lawsuit.

Both Swanson and Bland will testify before the Congressional Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's Subcommittee on Domestic Policy this Wednesday about the ways in which consumers are harmed by pre-dispute, mandatory arbitration clauses....

The NAF's departure from consumer arbitrations is a great victory for access to justice. With your help, our Mandatory Arbitration Abuse Prevention Project and Access to Justice Campaign will continue to fight for access to justice for all.

Arthur Bryant
Executive Director
Public Justice
& the Public Justice Foundation

* * *

July 21, 2009

Dear President Obama, Attorney General Holder, Trustee Farmer, Mr. Guttman, Ms. Neustadter, Judge Kevin Chang, Judge David Ezra, and All Concerned:

Due to the new discovery of facts that directly relate to this lawsuit which constitutes "prior restraint" and violates my constitutional rights of Free Speech and a Fair Trial, and Federal and State Anti-SLAPP statutes, I am adding the subject Exhibit.

You will find related information online at:

http://www.kycbs.net/ArbitrateThis.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Claims-Branch-AAA.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Confessions.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Harmon-Arbitration.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/JUSTICE.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Anzai-Earl.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Bennett-Mark.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Bronster-Margery.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Cayetano-Ben.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Chang-Kevin.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Ezra-David.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Faris-Robert.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Farmer-David.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Fuqua-Judith.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Gonzales-Alberto.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Guttman-Steven.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Hifo-Eden.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Holder-Eric.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Jones-Hugh.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-King-Lloyd.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Kurren-Barry.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Lingle-Linda.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Radius-Karen.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Sellers-Dorothy.htm

Mr. Farmer and Mr. Guttman, in spite of all this factual evidence of undisclosed conflicts of interests (not just "political opinions" or "conspiracy theories" as you have previously alleged), I am again asking that we attempt to reach a global settlement of this matter through confidential negotiation or mediation rather than continuing these costly and seemingly-endless court proceedings.

However, if you and your insurance carriers are still not willing to attempt to negotiate or mediate settlement in these cases, then I ask that you perform your mandated review of these two Exhibits in accordance with Judge Ezra's Order, and advise me, whether or not, you find that they are relevant and if they contain any so-called "protected subject matter".

I respectfully request your immediate reply. If I do not receive a response from you or your insurance carrier within 15 days, I will assume that you have found no "PSM" in these updated pages, and that you will NOT file any objections to my Motion.

Very truly yours,

Bobby N. Harmon, CPCU, ARM

Additional References:
http://www.kycbs.net/
http://www.kycbs.net/Apartheid-Hawaii.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/BH-CHRON-88-96.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/BH-CHRON-97-99.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/BH-Settlement-Chronology.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Bishop.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Broken-Trust-Book.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Confessions.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-OUST-vs-Harmon.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Freedom-To-Sing.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/HarmonArbitration.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/JUSTICE.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Lost-Generations.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/RICO-in-Paradise.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/SLAPP.htm
http://www.kycbs.net/Whistler.htm
http://voy.com/129276/
http://whistlersongs.blogspot.com

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