• Sonicdemon86@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    10
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    6 months ago

    That’s what they want you to think, just start a class action lawsuit. Lawyer love those. Force the companies to respond to the class actions.

    • DR_Hero@programming.dev
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      10
      ·
      6 months ago

      Collective mass arbitration is my favorite counter to this tactic, and is dramatically more costly for the company than a class action lawsuit.

      https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/business/arbitration-overload.html

      A lot of companies got spooked a few years back and walked back their arbitration agreements. I wonder what changed for companies to decide it’s worth it again. Maybe the lack of discovery in the arbitration process even with higher costs?

    • catloaf@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      6 months ago

      You can’t “just start” a class action suit. You need to sue, get other people to sue, coordinate, and apply for class action status. That’s more time and effort than an individual suit.