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Arbitration Provisions Mauled by Consumer Watchdog

Companies offering payment services or financial products to consumers are facing a proposed rule from the CFPB that would prohibit class action waivers in binding pre-dispute arbitration agreements. Although the information...more

5/21/2016 / Arbitration Agreements , Class Action Arbitration Waivers , Comment Period , Consumer Financial Products , Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) , Dodd-Frank , Pre-Dispute Arbitration , Proposed Regulation , UDAAP

Supreme Court: Class Action Waiver Trumps Federal Statutory Right

Continuing its string of recent pro-arbitration decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision enforcing class action waivers in arbitration agreements, even where the plaintiff’s cost of proceeding on an individual...more

7/2/2013 / American Express , American Express v Italian Colors Restaurant , Arbitration , Arbitration Agreements , Class Action , Class Action Arbitration Waivers , Federal Arbitration Act , SCOTUS

Ninth Circuit: Injunctive Relief Claims Relating Only to Past Harms to a Limited Class Are Not Exempt From Arbitration

Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision favoring arbitration clauses in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held in Kilgore v. KeyBank, N.A. that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”)...more

4/25/2013 / Arbitration , Arbitration Agreements , Class Action , Federal Arbitration Act , Injunctions , Preemption , Student Loans , Unfair Competition

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