Commentary: Supreme Court Sides With Consumers in Federal Arbitration Ruling
20 Mar
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In a case that pitted Discover Bank against a defaulted credit card customer, a divided U.S. Supreme Court recently resolved a long-standing circuit split regarding parties’ ability to seek federal court assistance to compel arbitration of litigation pending in state court. Though the majority opinion was a win for the consumer, Discover can find some solace in having split the Court nearly as well as it hoped to split the customer’s state-court counterclaims, writes attorney J. Noah Hagey.
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