Is Washington's Refusal to Enforce Consumer Class Action Prohibitions Still Good Law?
Here’s a topic for a few law review articles (not this blog). What is the effect, if any, of yesterday’s Supreme Court decision in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, on the Washington Supreme Court’s decision in McKee v. AT&T, which struck down a contractual prohibition on class actions? Here is a blog post I did in 2008 regarding McKee.
Yesterday's case reversed the Ninth Circuit, which had applied California law, but the statements regarding the Federal Arbitration Act and its intent, raise questions for anyone dealing with consumer claims.
