In January, the nation’s highest court ruled that an unaccepted offer of complete relief to a named plaintiff in a putative class action lawsuit does not moot the plaintiff’s claim. But it would not decide whether the result would be different if a defendant deposits the full amount of the plaintiff’s individual claim in an account payable to the plaintiff, and the court then enters judgment for the plaintiff in that amount.
The high court, after hearing arguments in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez in October, now must decide whether an offer of complete relief renders a case moot.
Arbitration experts and law professors weigh in on the bureau’s move to possibly ban the agreements. They argue case law -- in particular, two U.S. Supreme Court decisions -- could stand in its way.
The attorney, who was featured in the newspaper’s investigative piece, said he is disappointed in the article and contends the Times left out key information he provided about class action litigation and a recent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau study.
