arbitration

Wells Fargo claims customers agreed to arbitration... for accounts they never asked for

Wells Fargo Killing Sham Account Suits by Using Arbitration [Jennifer] Zeleny, a lawyer who lives outside Salt Lake City and opened a Wells Fargo account when she started a new law practice, said it would be impossible for her to agree to arbitrate her dispute over an account that she had never …

CFPB proposes ban of class action prohibitions in arbitration clauses

CFPB proposes ban of class action prohibitions in arbitration clauses The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said in a press release today: In the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Congress required the CFPB to study the use of arbitration clauses in consumer financial …