Wednesday, August 31 • 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. ET
Arbitration agreements continue to be a pressing issue in consumer-facing agreements. The United States Supreme Court recently issued several important decisions impacting how consumer arbitration agreements will be interpreted and enforced by the courts, including in the important arena of Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) actions.
In a recent post, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) discussed its ongoing efforts to investigate and curtail alleged abuses of the military allotment system by lenders. The military allotment system is a servicemember benefit dating from the Civil War, which allows servicemembers to automatically pay certain expenses directly from their pay. The importance
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court has rejected the rule that a party’s conduct inconsistent with the right to arbitrate will constitute a waiver of that right only if the opposing party was prejudiced by the conduct. In Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., issued May 23, the Court concluded that this rule, followed by