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9th Cir. Holds Anti-Joinder and Class Action Waiver Provisions Did Not Violate California Law

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed an order compelling arbitration, even though the arbitration clause contained a class action waiver and an anti-joinder provision, and dismissing a putative class action brought against the operator of a smartphone app offering financial services to its customers.

CFPB Issues Taskforce Report on How to Improve Consumer Protection in the Financial Marketplace

Last week the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its report from the Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law. It is just shy of 900 pages and includes some 100 recommendations that, if implemented, would broaden the CFPB’s regulatory oversight powers.