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Supreme Court: Individual Consumers Must Arbitrate Against Large Corporations
Earlier this year the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 to reverse a decision from the Ninth Circuit and enforce a provision in a credit-card agreement requiring plaintiffs to arbitrate claims over unfair lending practices. The decision in CompuCredit Corp. v. Greenwood … Continue reading
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Can You Bring an Employment Discrimination Class Action?
In a previous post, “Taking Your Rights Away with a Single Click,” we discussed the important function class actions serve and the harm caused by courts that have enforced contractual class action waivers. Employees who have been required to sign … Continue reading
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Another Blow to Class Arbitration Waiver Provisions
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit dealt yet another blow to the enforceability of the increasingly common class arbitration waiver provision in its recent March 8, 2011 ruling in In re: American Express Merchants’ Litigation, No. 06-1871-cv. … Continue reading
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