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

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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

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

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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

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New Jersey’s Appellate Division compels arbitration enforcing “clickwrap” agreement requiring arbitration of a product liability...

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On April 3, 2023, the New Jersey Appellate Division in Jeffrey Santana v. SmileDirectClub, LLC, Docket A-2433-21, __ N.J. Super. __ ( App. Div. April 3, 2023), issued an opinion enforcing an arbitration provision found within...more

K&L Gates LLP

Pennsylvania Superior Court Applies a Stricter Burden of Proof to Enforce "Browsewrap" Arbitration Clauses, Departing From Other...

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On 19 July 2023, the Pennsylvania Superior Court established a set of requirements for companies that rely on “browsewrap” agreements in order to secure consumers’ consent to arbitration. In a departure from other courts that...more

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‘Alkutkar v. Bumble’: Securing Active Consent for Updated Terms of Service

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Overview - The District Court for the Northern District of California recently provided guidance in Alkutkar v. Bumble Inc., No. 22-CV-00422- PJH (N.D. Cal. Sept. 8, 2022), reconsideration denied, No. 22-CV-00422-PJH,...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending November 27, 2020

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Financial Services Update - TCPA / Existence of Arbitration Agreement / Browsewrap Agreement: Consumer was not bound to arbitration provision and class action waiver in browsewrap agreement where there was no evidence of...more

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Ninth Circuit Affirms District Court's Order Denying Motion to Compel Arbitration in Putative Class Action Where Defendant Failed...

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The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s order denying Double Down Interactive, LLC, and International Game Technology’s (collectively, “Double Down”) motion to compel arbitration in a putative class action filed by...more

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Ninth Circuit Rejects Mobile App Arbitration Agreement in Case of First Impression

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On December 20, 2019, the Ninth Circuit affirmed a Washington district court’s order denying Huuuge Inc.’s bid to arbitrate claims brought on behalf of a putative class of all smartphone users of its casino gaming...more

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Denial of Motion to Compel Arbitration in Smartphone App Case Based on Obscure “Browsewrap” Arbitration...

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The Ninth Circuit recently denied a motion to compel arbitration after concluding that an arbitration agreement “buried” in difficult to access terms for a smartphone app did not put users on constructive notice that they...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Browsewrap Terms Enforced Due to Customer Knowledge of Existence of Terms

Last month, a California district court granted a web-based service’s motion to compel arbitration of a putative class action brought by a user whose personal information was allegedly accessed in a massive 2016 data breach...more

Cozen O'Connor

Recent Decision Sends Companies Rushing To Review Browsewrap Agreements

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A California federal court recently held in Rushing v. Viacom, Inc. that an arbitration provision in Viacom’s End User License Agreement (“EULA”) was one click shy of enforceability, and denied the company’s motion to dismiss...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Second Circuit Court of Appeals Reaffirms Strong Federal Preference for Enforcing Arbitration Agreements in the Evolving Era of...

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In a big win for the tech industry and app developers, and for other companies seeking to enforce arbitration agreements through web-based interactions, last week the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that the plaintiff in...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Website Design Implicated in Two Rulings on Enforceability of Online Terms – Highlights the Importance of Legal Review of Design...

This past summer, we wrote about two instances in which courts refused to enforce website terms presented in browsewrap agreements. As we noted, clickthrough agreements are generally more likely to be found to be enforced. ...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Second Circuit: Placing Order Online Did Not Bind Customer to Amazon’s Arbitration Provision

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In an important decision underscoring the challenges faced by retailers and others in enforcing online arbitration agreements with their customers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has reversed a district...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Federal Court Decision Provides Useful Guidance to Companies Offering Products and Services Pursuant to Online Terms of Use

On July 29, 2016, Judge Jed Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an opinion and order in Meyer v. Kalanick, denying Uber Technologies' motion to compel arbitration of a consumer's...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Browsewrap Agreement Held Unenforceable – Website Designers Take Note!

In Nghiem v Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc., No. 16-00097 (C.D. Cal. July 5, 2016), the Central District of California held browsewrap terms to be unenforceable because the hyperlink to the terms was “sandwiched” between two...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Class Dismissed

California Court of Appeal Weighs in on Enforceable “Browsewrap” Arbitration Agreements in ProFlowers Case

The California Court of Appeal (2d App. Dist., Div. 3) recently joined the ever-evolving body of case law addressing the enforceability of so-called “browsewrap” arbitration agreements. In Long v. Provide Commerce, Inc., —...more

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Recent Case Highlights Best Practices for Website Terms and Conditions

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently decided the case of Kevin Khoa Nguyen v. Barnes & Noble, Inc., No. 12-56628 (9th Cir. 2014). This case highlights the importance of making website Terms of Use...more

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Business Litigation Reporter -- October 2014

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California - Browsewrap Arbitration Agreement Not Enforced Against Individual Consumer. In Nguyen v. Barnes & Noble Inc., 2014 WL 4056549 (9th Cir. Aug. 18, 2014), the Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of B&N’s motion...more

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