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The Eleventh Circuit Found No Waiver Of Right To Compel Arbitration Against Unnamed Class Members

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In sum, the case involves five consolidated class actions brought in Florida federal court against banks by bank customers in 2008 and 2009 alleging that they were unlawfully charged overdraft fees....more

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Eleventh Circuit: No Waiver of Arbitration Rights Despite Waiting for Class Certification

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In a win for defendants, the Eleventh Circuit recently held that a party does not waive its right to compel arbitration for the claims of unnamed class members even if it has waived that right as to the named class...more

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Waiver Redux: Appeals Court Confirms That Arbitration of Unnamed Class Member Claims Not Waived Following Certification Decision

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The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that a litigant may enforce its contractual arbitration provision as to absent class members despite not obtaining a ruling on the issue at the outset of the case. The right...more

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Gutierrez v. Wells-Fargo Bank – Eleventh Circuit Sheds More Light on Waiver of Arbitration Rights in Putative Class Setting

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Whether a defendant has waived its right to arbitrate as to unnamed class plaintiffs has been a troubling issue. Some courts base their analysis on their lack of jurisdiction over unnamed putative class members. ...more

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Eleventh Circuit Sides with Wells Fargo on Post-Class Certification Motion to Compel Arbitration

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Wells Fargo achieved a significant victory on Thursday in decade-old litigation over allegedly unlawful overdraft fees when the Eleventh Circuit held that Wells Fargo had not waived its right to compel arbitration as to the...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

The Wells Fargo PII Epic Fail – Chapter II

The law firm that inadvertently produced records containing personally-identifying information (“PII”) relating to 50,000 Wells Fargo customers in response to a third-party subpoena, which we first reported on, went before a...more

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Borrowers Cannot Rely on Technical Admissions to Defeat a Mortgage Foreclosure Action

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Recounting the relevant facts, Wells Fargo initiated a foreclosure action against Ms. Voorhees in Sarasota County in June 2009. Wells Fargo filed a motion for summary judgment in June 2013. After Voorhees failed to file...more

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Lender’s Allegedly “One-Sided” Gift Card Arbitration Clause Questioned

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On August 6, 2015, a California federal judge requested further briefing on whether the arbitration clause in a lender’s Visa gift card user agreement may be unenforceable against a putative class action plaintiff – raising...more

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Court Of Chancery Explains The Continuing Wrong Doctrine

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It is settled law that a cause of action accrues when the wrong is committed, not when its effects continue to be felt in the future. But as this decision makes clear, that is not always the case. When additional wrongdoing...more

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Reinsurance Redux - December 2012

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In This Issue: - Southern District of New York Orders Arbitration Panel to Proceed with Umpire Selection: Finding the Federal Arbitration Act mandates that a provision in a reinsurance agreement establishing a...more

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