Episode 39: What if every new service contract you’ve signed secretly stripped away your right to sue? Senior Economist and CEPR co-founder Dean Baker speaks with Brendan Ballou, former federal prosecutor and founder of the Public Integrity Project, about his new book When Companies Run the Courts. From the McDonald’s coffee case to the Supreme Court, forced arbitration is reshaping American justice and our rights.

About Brendan Ballou

Brendan Ballou is CEO of the Public Integrity Project. He is a former federal prosecutor, and for two years prosecuted rioters who attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021. He previously served as special counsel for private equity in the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. He is the author of Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America, and the forthcoming When Companies Run the Courts: Forced Arbitration and America’s Secret Justice System.