Download This PaperThe CFPB's Arbitration Rule: The Road Ahead
Proceedings of the NYU 69th Annual Conference on Labor: Mediation and Arbitration of Employment and Consumer Disputes (2017)
9 Pages Posted: 23 Nov 2016 Last revised: 25 Feb 2017
Date Written: November 21, 2016
Abstract
In May 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that it intended to exercise its authority under the Dodd-Frank Act to bar consumer financial companies from invoking pre-dispute arbitration agreements to block consumer class actions. This comment considers the most serious threats to the Bureau's arbitration rule and concludes that its prospects are bad. Under Trump, banks and credit card companies will continue to avoid class-action litigation by mandating individual arbitration and there is little that supporters of the Bureau's rule can do about it.
Keywords: Arbitration, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, PHH v. CFPB
JEL Classification: K40, K41, K42, J52
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