On July 20, 2016, from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET, the American Bar Association is sponsoring a program, “CFPB’s Proposed Arbitration Ban — What You Need To Know.”   The panelists will discuss the pros and cons of the CFPB’s arbitration proposal and its implications for industry.  Alan S. Kaplinsky, who chairs Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Group, will be a panelist.  The other panelists joining Alan include a CFPB representative.

The CFPB’s proposed rule would prohibit covered providers of certain consumer financial products and services from using an agreement with a consumer that provides for arbitration of any future dispute between the parties to bar the consumer from filing or participating in a class action with respect to the covered consumer financial product or service.  The proposed rule would also require a covered provider that is involved in an individual arbitration pursuant to a pre-dispute arbitration agreement to submit specified arbitral records to the CFPB.

A link to register for the program is available here.