Cellphone Arbitration Clauses Under Attack

Time Magazine published on Sunday a joint op-ed in which Federal Communications Commissioner Mignon Clyburn (D) and U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) argue that cellphone carriers and other communications businesses have used class action waivers in arbitration agreements to “evade accountability by effectively locking the courtroom doors on their customers.”  

The FCC contemplates a rulemaking in February 2017 with respect to arbitration clauses in consumer communications services contracts.  

Hat tip to Mark Kantor