Alternative Dispute Resolution
Nov. 8, 2017
Crosshairs
See more on CrosshairsAs the Trump Administration tries to shore up consumer arbitration clauses, California officials rush to tear them down
Lead name partner, Brian S. Kabateck, of Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP, Los Angeles, testified in Sacramento before a legislative hearing of lawmakers concerned with banking and consumer protection.
BY JOHN ROEMER
Special to the Daily Journal
An Obama-era watchdog appeared poised this year to unleash a new rule against mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer financial contracts -- only to be sent back to by Congress. But did the U.S. Senate's 51-50 vote against the rule last month, following a 231-190 rejection by the House of Representatives in July, demonstrate that class actions against banks are forever doomed?
Or was t...
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