Calikrazy,
The second issue you mentioned (arbitration) has been fixed in patch 2, definitely. I confirmed that one myself.
Regarding the first one, the indications are that Markus has tightened up some of that contract stuff, and I believe this will be resolved. I haven't seen the behavior you mentioned in my current beta version.
However, I'm willing to test that theory. Is there any scenario you can create wherein I can replicate this?
If you don't have any suggestions on that front, then I'd like to suggest we close this out, and look at it again once the next patch is released.
Thoughts?
Steve