Judge reluctantly agrees partner’s equal-pay suit against Sedgwick is likely subject to arbitration
ABA Journal Daily News
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In a proposed rule (PDF) that could potentially affect hundreds of millions of accounts, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking to ban mandatory… ABA Journal Daily News
It seems likely that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will develop a rule to end the use of mandatory arbitration clauses by financial services companies… ABA Journal Daily News
Lawyers will argue next month that a Massachusetts nursing home shouldn’t be able to force arbitration in a lawsuit over the death of a 100-year-old… ABA Journal Daily News
A federal district court in Oklahoma recently rejected a defaulting borrower’s attempt to argue that her lender’s pursuit of foreclosure litigation waived the lender’s right to insist on arbitration of the borrower’s counterclaims, and also compelled arbitration of the borrower’s third party claims against a lender-placed insurer, even though the insurer was not a signatory […]
Debt collectors who buy up debt and sue to recover the money are deflecting class action suits challenging their practices with arbitration agreements purportedly signed… ABA Journal Daily News
DirecTV’s service agreement barring mass arbitration by its customers must be enforced by California courts, the U.S. Supreme Court has held in a 6-3 opinion… ABA Journal Daily News
Wells Fargo customers who tried to sue over fake accounts set up in their names have learned they can’t take their cases to the courthouse. … ABA Journal Daily News