Class Action Waiver has Uncertain Future
Saturday, February 21st, 2009In an important case – one in which the opposing parties brought many, many lawyers to the fight – a federal appeals court (the Second Circuit Court of Appeals) rejected a contractual provision aimed at barring merchants from bringing class action claims against AMEX. LINK
The Court concluded that the expense to be incurred by a single plaintiff merchant bringing such a claim (in this case, an antitrust [...]
