After Disney Wields its Terms of Use to Dismiss Customer’s Lawsuit, Groups Call on Congress to Pass FAIR Act
The FAIR Act would ensure that consumers, workers, and small businesses have access to the court system when they are harmed.
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Digital Library: 75 Ways to Challenge an Arbitration Requirement
A new NCLC Arbitration Practice Checklist, free and accessible to the public, is found at NCLC’s Consumer Arbitration Agreements § 1.2a. It not only lists 75 ways to defeat an arbitration requirement, but also considers procedural issues in such a challenge, including who decides enforceability and timing of appeal rights. The checklist also explains options to proceed in arbitration—individual,…
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Coalition Applauds Congressional Efforts to Restore Consumer Rights
Today, a coalition of consumer advocacy organizations applauded Congressional efforts to restore consumer rights in financial products.
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More than 100 Organizations Urge CFPB to Rein In Big Banks' Use of Forced Arbitration
100+ organizations filed a comment asking the CFPB to create a rule to restore the right of all Americans to decide to file a case in court rather than be forced into arbitration by big banks and other financial services corporations.
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Study: 99% of Consumers Unaware they are Subject to Forced Arbitration
WASHINGTON – A new study confirms that Americans are unaware of how often and to what extent they are stripped of their fundamental rights through prevalent forced arbitration clauses, which are found in the fine print of everyday click-through agreements, terms and conditions and other contracts. Consumers’ lack of understanding points to the need for…
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Digital Library: Overcoming the Latest Supreme Court Arbitration Decision
A June 23 Supreme Court ruling in Coinbase creates yet another impediment to consumer litigation—that even when a consumer defeats an arbitration requirement, if the defendant then pursues an interlocutory appeal of that ruling, discovery and all other aspects of the case are automatically put on hold until that appeal is resolved. This NCLC Digital Library article,…
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