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GUEST-POST | Credit Card Arbitration by the (New) Numbers: Why Do Credit Card Issuers Use Arbitration Clauses?
By Victoria VanBuren - August 28, 2012
by Don Philbin The wide-spread use of arbitration clauses in consumer credit card agreements was one of the reasons for creating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). One of the by-products of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 is an extensive database of credit card agreements. Professor Chris Drahozal takes a rigorous look at that data to test arbitration assumptions in the most recent issue of t
Article | Recent Supreme Court Arbitration Rulings Affect Employment and Class Action Arbitrations
By Victoria VanBuren - August 16, 2012
Professor Kristen Blankley (University of Nebraska College of Law) has posted “Recent Supreme Court Arbitration Rulings Affect Employment and Class Action Arbitrations” on SSN. It is a short article discussing recent class action arbitration and employment arbitration cases. You may download the article (for free) here.
California Court Affirms Class Action Waivers in Employment Arbitration Contracts
By Victoria VanBuren - June 19, 2012
The California Court of Appeal held that class action waivers are enforceable in California employment arbitration agreements. In Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC, Arshavir Iskanian worked as a driver for defendant CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC (“CLS”) from March 2004 to August 2005. In December 2004, Iskanian signed a “Proprietary Information and Arbitration Policy/Agreement” (arbitration agreement) that contains
Eleventh Circuit Rules that Delegation Provision is Valid under the Federal Arbitration Act
By Victoria VanBuren - June 14, 2012
In In re Checking Account Overdraft Litigation, No. 11-14282 (11th Cir. March 21, 2012). Maxine Given filed a class action against Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (M&T Bank), alleging that M&T Bank improperly charged its checking account customers overdraft fees. The customer agreement included an arbitration clause obligating customers to arbitrate disputes arising out of the checking account; it also stated that whether a disput
Ninth Circuit Rules on Enforceability of Class Action Waiver Under the Federal Arbitration Act
By Victoria VanBuren - April 4, 2012
In Coneff v. AT&T, No. 09-35563 (9th Cir. March 16, 2012), Plaintiffs are current and former customers of defendants, New Cingular Wireless Services, Inc., and AT&T Mobility, LLC (“AT&T”). Plaintiffs filed a class action against AT&T, which responded by seeking to enforce an arbitration agreement contained in its contracts with Plaintiffs. The service agreement requires individualized arbitration of “all disputes and claims,” and
In Re American Express Merchants’ Litigation | The Meaning of AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion
By Victoria VanBuren - March 8, 2012
Bloomberg Law published recently an interesting article by Andrew Pincus from Mayer Brown LLP regarding the Second Circuit case In Re American Express Merchants’ Litigation, No. 06-1871-cv, (2d Cir. Feb. 1, 2012): Does the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion – holding that arbitration clauses may not be invalidated on the ground that they contain class-action waivers – apply only when the underlying caus
Fifth Circuit Finds Arbitration Clause Illusory
By Victoria VanBuren - February 20, 2012
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that an agreement was illusory because the defendant retained the unilateral right to modify or terminate the arbitration provision at any time. In Carey v. 24 Hour Fitness, USA, Inc. No. 10-20845 (5th Cir. Jan. 25, 2012) John Carey (“Carey”) is a former sales representative for 24 Hour Fitness, USA, Inc. (“24 Hour Fitness”). During Carey’s period of emplo
U.S. Supreme Court Remands Class Arbitration Waiver Case
By Victoria VanBuren - November 23, 2011
On November 14, 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court remanded Branch Banking and Trust v. Gordon for the Eleventh Circuit to reconsider its decision in light of AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 563 U. S. ___ (2011). In Gordon v. Branch Banking & Trust, 419 Fed. Appx. 920 (11th Cir. Fla. 2011) the Eleventh Circuit had ruled that an arbitration provision in a consumer checking account agreement was unenforceable because the arbitration provisionR
California Court of Appeals Rules that Lack of Consent Voids Arbitration in Toyota Online Prank
By Victoria VanBuren - November 2, 2011
Via the ABA Journal, we learned of a bizarre case involving an internet advertising campaign by Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. (“Toyota”) and Saatchi & Saatchi North America, Inc. (“Saatchi”) See Duick v Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Case No. B224839 (CA Dist. 2 Ct. App., Aug. 31, 2011) Here is some background: The campaign, which was targeted at young men, encouraged them to provide Toyota with the name of a friend o
Fifth Circuit: Class Arbitration is not a Class Action under CAFA
By Victoria VanBuren - October 11, 2011
In Williams v. Homeland Ins. Co., No. 11-30646 (5th Cir. Sept. 19, 2011), George Raymond Williams brought a class action suit in Louisiana state court on behalf of Louisiana medical providers against operator of preferred provider organization (“PPO”) network and other defendants, alleging violation of PPO notice provisions of Louisiana law. One year later, Williams amended the petition and added three defendants: Corvel Corporation (
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