Plaintiff Ordered to Arbitrate in Light of Concepcion

SAN JOSE, Calif. - A California federal judge has ordered a plaintiff to arbitrate his false advertising claims against AT&T Mobility LLC, ruling that the U.S. Supreme Court's holding in AT&T v. Concepcion bars him from side-stepping the class-action waiver in the parties' arbitration agreement. Kaltwasser v. AT&T Mobility LLC, No. 07-411 (N.D. Calif.).

On Sept. 20, Judge Jeremy Fogel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California rejected the plaintiff's argument that he may object to the class-action waiver on the basis that the potential cost of proving his claim exceeds his potential individual damages.

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