Good news for AT&T Cellular! (and other big corps)

[thewayne]

The Supreme Court just held up on appeal that contracts that state that arbitration must be used instead of lawsuits is solid. A couple in California sued AT&T for being charged sales tax on “free” phones. It went back and forth in the courts until it worked its way up to SCOTUS, which sided with AT&T.

I'll bet Sony heaved a huge sigh of relief when they heard about this, assuming they have such a clause in their PSN legalese.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/04/scotus-rules-att-can-force-arbitration-block-class-action-suits.ars

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/1948247/Supreme-Court-ATampT-Can-Force-Arbitration

Comments

[silveradept]

Another pro-corporate ruling from the SCOTUS that brought us Citizens' United.