Today, the U.S. Supreme court granted certiorari to AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, No. 09-893. The Ninth Circuit opinion is available here. The question presented is:
Whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts States from conditioning the enforcement of an arbitration agreement on the availability of particular procedures–here, class-wide arbitration–when those procedures are not necessary to ensure that the parties to the arbitration agreement are able to vindicate their claims.
Find links to the briefs at the SCOTUS Wiki here.
Thanks to James M. Gaitis for the heads up and sharing the following article with Paul Lurie’s listserv: Consumer Arbitration Draws U.S. High Court Review in AT&T Case, Bloomberg Business Week, May 24, 2010.
Stay tuned to Disputing for more legal developments.
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