Yesterday, the Supreme Court delivered an "unconscionable" blow to consumers when it preempted state law to say that corporations can ban class actions within the insidious forced arbitration clauses in their contracts with consumers and employees. As a result, corporations can force consumers and employees into individual arbitration while forbidding them to join their claims […]
There are numerous stories about consumers victimized by forced arbitration; each one raising the need for a federal law to ban forced arbitration clauses from all consumer contracts. On Sunday, Boston Globe reporter Beth Healy reported a particularly sad account of a family’s fight against Bank of America following the death of a husband and […]
Today the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case where telecom giant AT&T seeks permission to ban class actions in its consumer contracts. The transcript of the argument is available here. Recent press coverage: Associated Press via Yahoo! The Philadelphia Inquirer NPR Mother Jones Bloomberg The Morning Call Watchdog with Paul Muschick Consumer […]
A critical U.S. Supreme Court case that could signal the beginning of the end of class actions has received some attention from the press.
Washington Post reporter Amanda Becker finds that a Hooters employment lawsuit may hinge on the Supreme Court case AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion.
The Center for Justice and Democracy took a ‘theatrical’ view on the upcoming Supreme Court case AT&T v. Concepcion. The title of the post: AT&T Mobility vs. Concepcion and How the U.S. Supreme Court May Ruin the Movies.
Next Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in AT&T v. Concepcion, a significant case that will decide whether corporations can use the fine print of their contracts to ban consumers and employees from participating in class actions. David Lazarus of the Los Angeles Times discussed the case in a column today.
PUBLIC CITIZEN MEDIA ADVISORY Nov. 4, 2010 Contact: Angela Bradbery (202) 588-7741 Dorry Samuels (202) 588-7742 U.S. Supreme Court Must Not Let Corporations Kill Class Actions, Public Citizen to Argue U.S. Supreme Court Case Could Have Huge Implications for Consumer and Employee Protections, Civil Rights WHAT: The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear a […]
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next week in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion. It could decide to allow corporations to ban class actions in the fine print of their consumer and employee contracts. Consumer, employee and civil rights groups are raising the alarm on the potential impact of this case. The Concepcions sought a […]
The New York Times today published a profile of Texas builder Bob Perry, a big donor to conservative and tort reform causes, and a recent loser on the wrong side of his own forced arbitration clause. According to the Times, Perry has donated $7 million to the conservative group American Crossroads since September. He is […]
A variety of groups and individuals have filed amicus briefs in support of consumers and employees in AT&T v. Concepcion, a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. The briefs can be accessed here. The Supreme Court will decide whether corporations can ban class actions in the fine print of the arbitration clauses in their […]