Federal Court Rejects Class Action Waivers In Arbitration Clauses

State High Court Condemns Arbitration Provisions That Don’t Allow Class Actions

By Donald M. Falk, a partner in the Supreme Court and Appellate Practice Group of the law firm Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP, resident in the Palo Alto office and Archis A. Parasharami, an associate in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.