“Updated AAA Rules and Fees Could Change the Mass Arbitration Landscape”

Companies seeking to avoid defending class actions sometimes include in contractual terms and conditions provisions requiring consumers claiming aggrievement to arbitrate their claims in individual proceedings. Attorneys representing consumers have responded by asserting mass claims–sometimes numbering in the thousands–which require the companies to pay exceedingly large fees to arbitration service providers to have the claimsContinue reading ““Updated AAA Rules and Fees Could Change the Mass Arbitration Landscape””