Arbitration Class Actions Litigation Massachusetts Decisions US District Court - Mass
October 2, 2025 by Cameron Goodwin
On May 19, 2025, in Pizza Hazel, Inc. et al. v. Am. Express Co., et al., a Magistrate Judge in the District of Massachusetts recommended that the district court deny American Express’s motion to compel arbitration on the grounds that the contract allowed American Express to unilaterally amend the arbitration agreement without notice to the […]
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Class Action Settlements Class Notice
April 5, 2017 / February 26, 2019 by Lucas Ritchie
On this blog, we previously wrote about the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017, and identified its potential to bring significant changes to class action practice. That Act was passed by the House on March 9, 2017, based on a 220-201 vote, split almost entirely along party lines, and has now advanced to […]
Consumer Class Actions
May 5, 2016 / January 11, 2023 by mindgrub
The CFPB today released a proposed rule that would ban consumer financial services providers such as banks, credit card issuers, and small-dollar lenders from using mandatory arbitration clauses to prohibit consumers from filing or joining class actions against them. Please click here for further analysis and potential impacts of the proposed rule.
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October 17, 2015 / January 11, 2023 by mindgrub
On October 7th, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released proposals that, if adopted, would limit the use of arbitration provisions in consumer class actions against banks and other companies offering consumer finance products and services. For more information, you can access our client alert here.
