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BANNED: Nursing home arbitration nixed by federal rule 
An issue that long has divided Virginia trial courts may have been resolved by federal edict.
A federal agency in late September banned the use of arbitration clauses in nursing home contracts, outlawing a predetermined agreement to resolve claims of neglect and abuse in closed-door proceedings.
Lawyers for nursing home patients hailed the change as an end ...
