Will Supreme Court “Wipe Away” Consumer and Employee Class Actions?

Paul Bland of Public Justice and colleagues Claire Prestel and Melanie Hirsch examine the possible impact of ATT Mobility v. Concepcion, a forced arbitration case that the Supreme Court will hear in the fall. The Court will decide whether to grant companies free reign to ban class actions in the fine print of their contracts with consumers and employees. If it does, it will be another big setback for consumers, and, as the authors state, a "candidate for Most Activist Decision Ever."