U.S. Supreme Court case may signify the end of the road for consumers seeking to invalidate waivers.

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n American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant (2013), a 5-3 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) requires courts to “rigor- ously enforce” arbitration agreements containing class-action waivers, even where doing so would make proving an individual federal-law claim prohibitively expensive. The court’s pro-bilateral arbitration decision is not only the latest in a line of cases in which it has rejected consumers’ efforts to engage in class-action arbitration, but may also signify the end of the road for parties seeking judicial relief in this area.

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