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Arizona Court Strikes Down Arbitration Clause as Too Expensive for Plaintiff
By F. Paul Bland On Twitter @PblandBland This is a classic good news/bad news type of case for plaintiffs. The good news is that a court struck down as unconscionable an arbitration clause that imposed enormous fees on an individual... Continue reading
Posted Oct 6, 2013 at Consumer Law & Policy Blog
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Hawaii Supreme Court Says No Arbitration Without Meaningful Consent
By Paul Bland, On Twitter @PblandBland This is a case with very painful facts – according to the complaint, a Kaiser patient went in to see his doctor and was told he had a particular type of cancer that his... Continue reading
Posted Oct 3, 2013 at Consumer Law & Policy Blog
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Nevada Federal Court Strikes Down Egregiously Unfair and Hidden Arbitration Clause
By Paul Bland On Twitter: @PBlandBland In the wake of recent Supreme Court decisions, forced arbitration clauses are generally enforced unless a corporation sticks something particularly overreaching and unfair in its arbitration clause, or drafts an arbitration clause in an... Continue reading
Posted Sep 12, 2013 at Consumer Law & Policy Blog
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Pa appellate court holds nursing home's arbitration clause doesn't cover tort claims
by Paul Bland On Twitter @PblandBland In Setlock v. Pinebrook, a Pennsylvania appellate court read a nursing home's arbitration clause to cover only the types of disputes named, refusing the home's invitation to re-write the clause more broadly. This is... Continue reading
Posted Sep 9, 2013 at Consumer Law & Policy Blog
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Today’s Arbitration Outrage: Second Circuit Says Destitute New York Resident Consumer Must Arbitrate Case in Arizona
By Paul Bland, Senior Attorney at Public Justice @PblandBland Periodically, people ask me rhetorical questions like, "How much worse can the law of arbitration get? I mean, it's so incredibly bad that it has to have bottomed out, right?" As... Continue reading
Posted Sep 4, 2013 at Consumer Law & Policy Blog
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Another day, another decision wiping away consumer claims on alter of forced arbitration
by Paul Bland, Senior Attorney, Public Justice, Of Counsel, Chavez & Gertler On Twitter @PblandBland In Kennedy v. Wells Fargo, Judge King of the Southern District of Florida enforced another arbitration clause that tosses out consumer claims in the multi... Continue reading
Posted Aug 29, 2013 at Consumer Law & Policy Blog
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Courts Increasingly Un-Amused by Corporations Who Litigate in Court for a While Before Invoking Arbitration Clauses
By Paul Bland @PblandBland The last few years have often been pretty discouraging for consumer advocates who are trying to preserve their clients’ rights to take disputes to court. As the Supreme Court majority’s madcap love affair with forced arbitration... Continue reading
Posted Aug 19, 2013 at Consumer Law & Policy Blog
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Dog Bites Man, Texas federal court kills antitrust suit against Travelocity using arbitration clause
The plaintiffs make what sound like serious and detailed allegations involving price fixing against Travelocity (agreement not to resell hotel rooms below fixed price, most favored nation restrictions, etc.). But wait, you can guess what happens. Because, of course, Travelocity... Continue reading
Posted Jul 8, 2013 at Consumer Law & Policy Blog
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