U.S. Supreme Court
Feb. 21, 2004
'Bazzle' Confounds Arbitration Agreements and Class Actions
The somewhat turbulent relationship between class actions and arbitration agreements just got more complicated, thanks in large part to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Green Tree Fin. Corp. v. Bazzle, 123 S.Ct. 2402 (2003). The dark secret to defending class actions has centered on corporations' inserting arbitration agreements in consumer contracts to thwart class actions, by explicitly prohibiting classwide adjudications.
Aashish Y. Desai
Desai Law Firm PC
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University of Houston Law Center; Houston TX
The somewhat turbulent relationship between class actions and arbitration agreements just got more complicated, thanks in large part to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Green Tree Fin. Corp. v. Bazzle, 123 S.Ct. 2402 (2003). The dark secret to defending class actions has centered on corporations' inserting arbitration agreements in consumer contracts to thwart class actions, by explicitly prohibiting classwide adjudications.
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