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General Motors and Chrysler dealers slated for closure will soon learn whether their appeals to stay in business have been successful. Arbitration hearings are set to wind up Wednesday, and decisions are due by the end of next week.

You may not even realize it, but up until this week, if you had a dispute with your credit card company or your cell phone company, you likely could not sue them. You had to settle the dispute through arbitration. That's in the fine print of most credit card and cell phone company contracts. You'll...