The California Supreme Court ruled 4-3 Thursday that public interest suits seeking injunctive relief cannot be forced into arbitration, but whether that was a victory for consumers remained a matter of opinion.
Plaintiffs lawyers in the case claimed that the ruling “signals the end of businesses’ ability to force plaintiffs into binding arbitration” when they’re trying “to enforce important public policies.”
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