Supreme Court Rebuffs T-Mobile Plea to Preempt States' Class-Action Suit Laws

摘要

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to hear an appeal by T-Mobile. It raised the question of whether federal law preempts state laws prohibiting carriers from keeping their subscribers from banding together to pursue class-action lawsuits. As a result, state-by-state litigation of this issue will continue. The rebuff also means that all carriers operating in California will need to revise the arbitration clauses in their customer service agreements and revise them to the extent required by state law, officials said.