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Second Circuit rules that “account update” mailed by bank failed to bind customer to arbitration agreement/class action waiver

Takeaway: We have written many articles about how businesses seek to enter enforceable arbitration agreements containing class action waivers with their customers, whether through “browsewrap” or “clickwrap” agreements or by...more

Second Circuit reverses district court, ruling that website interface provided reasonable notice of arbitration agreement and that...

Takeaway: Technology advances. Business processes evolve. Internet transactions become increasingly ubiquitous. Contract formation, however, remains an old-fashioned concept. An Internet consumer must, at a minimum, be...more

District of Rhode Island invalidates “naked” class action waiver on public policy grounds

Takeaway: We have written many articles about including class action waivers in consumer-facing arbitration agreements as a means of reducing class action litigation risk. The key to enforcing those waivers is the...more

Seventh Circuit: disputed issues of fact require a trial on the issue of whether an account user received notice of an agreement...

Takeaway: We have written many articles about the implementation of arbitration agreements and class action waivers as mechanisms to reduce exposure to class action litigation. One of the most effective means of...more

Ninth Circuit reexamines California’s McGill rule – which prohibits contractual waivers of “public injunctive relief” – through...

Takeaway: One would think that “public injunctive relief” – especially under California law – would be a broad remedy. Not so, according to the majority opinion in Hodges v. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, --- F.4th...more

Reading between the lines: the Seventh Circuit’s recent class arbitrability ruling suggests a paradigm for squaring delegation...

Takeaway: In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s continued vigorous enforcement of class action waivers, more and more corporate parties can be expected to include broad class action waivers in their contracts with consumers...more

Ninth Circuit: If You Want An Arbitration Agreement Enforced, Don’t Try To Slide It By Later

Takeaway: If you want to avoid exposure to class action litigation, you might think about putting an arbitration clause and class action waiver in your consumer-facing terms and conditions. But if you want those terms and...more

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