August 06, 2015
A California federal judge tasked with deciding whether Wells Fargo Bank NA can force a Visa-branded gift card buyer to arbitrate her putative class action alleging deceptive marketing noted Thursday that "strange" one-sided provisions in the card's user agreement may make it unconscionable.
March 02, 2015
A California federal judge on Monday asked for additional briefing before ruling whether Wells Fargo Bank NA can force a Visa-branded gift card purchaser to arbitrate her claims of deceptive marketing, but noted that the plaintiffs' argument against arbitration raised individual questions that render class claims "torpedoed."
December 18, 2014
A California federal judge on Thursday tentatively rejected a bid by Wells Fargo Bank NA to force a Visa-branded gift card purchaser to arbitrate class action claims of deceptive marketing, but asked for additional briefing after the bank showed the product's packaging contained an obvious arbitration provision.
January 12, 2012
A California federal judge on Thursday tentatively rejected a bid by Wells Fargo Bank NA to force a Visa-branded gift card purchaser to arbitrate class action claims of deceptive marketing, saying the bank's arguments went even further than recent arbitration-friendly Supreme Court rulings.