Deepak Gupta's blog
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Class-Action Bans in the Supreme Court: Respondents' Brief in AT&T v. Concepcion
Respondent's brief filed in AT&T v. Concepcion.
Top-Side Amicus Briefs Filed in AT&T v. Concepcion
Readers of this blog have already heard a lot about AT&T v. Concepcion -- the upcoming case in which the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts state-law rulings that class-action bans are unconscionable.
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act: Mandatory Arbitration Provisions
The Wall Street Reform bill has a lot of stuff in it. If you have time to kill, you can pore through the actual text of the legislation here.
FTC Issues Major Report on Debt Collection and Forced Arbitration: System is 'Broken'
The Federal Trade Commission today issued a major report on debt collection and the forced arbitration of consumer collection disputes. Concluding that "the system for resolving consumer debt collection disputes is broken," the FTC recommends a series of sweeping reforms. The new report, Repairing A Broken System: Protecting Consumers in Debt Collection Litigation and Arbitration, reflects information gathered at roundtable discussions following a February 2009 report on the same subjects. The vote to issue today's report was 5-0.
Forced Arbitration and the Kagan Hearings
The forced arbitration of claims arising out of statutory protections for consumers and employees has become a hot topic at the Kagan hearings.