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California Supreme Court

Apr. 2, 2015

Consumer arbitration case remains in limbo before state high court

Frustrated lawyers needing an answer on no-class-action arbitration clauses in consumer contracts have gotten no help so far from the state Supreme Court, which has yet to hear oral argument on a question that was briefed in 2012.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Frustrated lawyers needing an answer on no-class-action arbitration clauses in consumer contracts have gotten no help so far from the state Supreme Court, which has yet to hear oral argument on a question that was briefed in 2012. At issue is whether courts can invalidate such clauses under state law as overly harsh to consumers, despite defense claims that the U.S. Supreme Court's 2011 Concepcion rul...

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