Supreme Court Upholds AT&T’s Ban on Customers’ Participation in Class Actions
May 18, 2011 - Comments Off
In a major blow to consumer rights and to the power of class-action lawsuits to check corporate fraud, the Supreme Court has voted 5-to-4 in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion to allow AT&T to require its customers to waive their right to participate in class-action lawsuits against the company. Class-action lawsuits are ones in which the [...]