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    Supremes ok class arbitration bans in consumer contracts (access required)

    In a ruling that allows companies to include waivers of classwide proceedings in consumer contract arbitration clauses, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a California rule barring such class arbitration waivers as unconscionable was preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act. That ruling in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion split the justices 5-4, with Justice Antonin Scalia ...

    This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 at 9:38 am and is filed under Supreme Court. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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