A recent Fourth Circuit decision extends the trend of cases refusing to use federal statutes to invalidate arbitration agreements waiving the right to bring class claims in federal court.
The statute at issue in Espin v. Citibank N.A., 126 F.4th 1010 (4th Cir. 2025)—the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (“SCRA”)—provides special legal protections to active-duty members of the military, including a cap on the interest rate they may be charged on credit cards. The plaintiffs were former servicemembers who alleged that Citibank violated SCRA by charging them market-rate ...
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