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Supreme Court’s DirecTV Ruling Faces Criticism for Creep Into State Court Proceedings

<p>The Supreme Court's ruling for DirecTV on binding arbitration language in customers' service agreements has little applicability in the real world, "but the consequences are profound" since it marks a landmark reversal of a state court decision on arbitration, on the grounds a state court misapplied state contract law, said Harvey Rosenfield, a founder of Consumer Watchdog.</p>

U.S. Supreme Court Forces DIRECTV Customers Out Of Court, Into Private Arbitration Over Illegal $480 Early Cancellation Fees

In the latest of a series of decisions closing the courthouse doors on consumers, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this morning, 6 to 3, that DIRECTV customers in California who were illegally charged “cancellation fees” of up to $480 – often taken directly out of a consumer’s bank account or charged to a credit card without the customer’s permission

U.S. Supreme Court Forces DIRECTV Customers Out Of Court, Into Private Arbitration Over Illegal $480 “Early Cancellation Fees”

<p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-2895" alt="" src="http://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/images_directvlogo_5_0.jpg" style="width: 120px; height: 90px; margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px; float: right;" width="120" height="90" />Santa Monica, CA -- In the latest of a series of decisions closing the courthouse doors on consumers, the U.S.
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