Surely I can still take them to court and argue the forced arbitration is part of my grievance. IANAL but surely one can argue that removing the judicial system from anything is illegal?
Of course you can take them to court, however, do you have enough money to sustain the effort?
Forced Arb. clauses mean little for large corporations (who have the legal muscle to either reach a settlement or win a battle of legal attrition), however they absolutely screw "the little guy" who has zero choice but to follow the contract.
You can argue anything; the question is how long and how hard can you afford to argue it, and what are going to be your ultimate chances of success based on the history of people making the same sort of argument, and which venues are you going to be forced to make that argument in.
Might be better for you to take the token settlement as an apology, and sign the papers.
According to the supreme court it will. The corporation gets to pick the "arbitrator" (who is most likely to decide your claim is worthless) and you have to go there instead of court. Read up on it.
Surely I can still take them to court and argue the forced arbitration is part of my grievance. IANAL but surely one can argue that removing the judicial system from anything is illegal?