Forced Arbitration

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Arbitration For Transportation Workers

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that trucking company New Prime Inc. cannot compel arbitration in a class action alleging it failed to pay independent contractor truck-drivers the proper minimum wage. The Supreme Court found that transportation workers engaged in interstate commerce, including those classified as independent contractors, are exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”).

Categories: Class Actions of Interest, Forced Arbitration, Class Actions Blog
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Uber Claims It Is Ending Arbitration For Sexual Harassment Claims, But It Still Bars Class Actions

Uber won praise on May 12, 2018, when it announced it would no longer steer sexual misconduct claims into arbitration. However, the announcement failed to note that the company refrained from any promises that it would free victims from arbitration agreements if their claims are part of class action litigation.

Categories: Employment Class Action, Class Actions of Interest, Forced Arbitration, Class Actions Blog
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Media just becoming aware that Georgia Representative is seeking to gut the Fair Credit Reporting Act to protect Equifax

Many articles are now appearing pointing out that Georgia Representative Loudermilk proposed a bill to gut the regulations applicable to Equifax (which is headquartered in Georgia) just before the data breach became public. Here are links to the articles:

Categories: Class Action Facts, Class Actions of Interest, Consumer Protection, Forced Arbitration
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L.A. Times says Equifax forced arbitration clause is not the outrage, it is all the others

David Lazarus, a business reporter for the L.A. Times, wrote an article stating that consumers are just now becoming aware of the forced arbitration issue because of the Equifax attempt to force consumers whose data had been stolen to waive their right to bring cases in court by inserting a forced arbitration clause in the small print of a credit monitoring product that was offered as a remedy for the breach.

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American Banker Magazine says that Equifax data breach may doom GOP efforts to stop CFPB from banning class action waivers

An interesting article in the American Banker Magazine says that the hoopla surrounding the Equifax data breach, including Equifax’s efforts to force consumers into arbitration after the data breach, may mean doom for GOP efforts to reverse the rule adopted by the CFPB that bans forced arbitration and class action waivers.

Categories: Consumer Protection, Forced Arbitration
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