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A comment on Verizon's accidental mea culpa. Parent comment

Re:Verizon's accidental mea culpa by digikata on Thursday July 17, 2014 @08:06PM (#8050963)
I wonder if Verizon's customers could form a class action lawsuit accusing it of failing in good faith to deliver bandwidth from Netflix due to intentionally congested handover points.
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Re:Verizon's accidental mea culpa by snoopdug on Friday July 18, 2014 @03:57PM (#8055258)
http://media.mofo.com/files/Uploads/Images/130725-Employment...

"Thus, class-action waivers must be enforced regardless of the consequences for the vindication of small-value claims, state or federal."

also, http://www.cbs46.com/story/24388303/consumer-advocates-fine-...

also http://publicjustice.net/content/tribe-scotus-denying-access...

also http://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2014/05/forced-arbi...

So any disputes with verizon cannot go to court, they have to be arbitrated. Further, there cannot be a class arbitration. So to vindicate your rights against verizon, you'd have to be willing to bring an individual arbitration against Verizon and bear the costs of doing so which will be exponentially more than the value of your claim. In essence, these clauses immunize corporations from liability under antitrust laws, consumer protection laws; employment laws etc. It is a terrible situation created by a Supreme Court that despises class actions.

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Re:Verizon's accidental mea culpa by snoopdug on Friday July 18, 2014 @08:38AM (#8052661)
Verizon has been given immunity from the threat of a class action by virtue of its arbitration clause class action waiver. Same is true comcast, AT&T etc. You can thank the Supreme Court for this.
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Re:Verizon's accidental mea culpa by PeterisP on Saturday July 19, 2014 @12:48PM (#8057969)
Aren't such waivers automatically null and void at least in some states? In EU, such disclaimers are simply a waste of ink, but I recall seeing that some USA states had gone that way as well.
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Re:Verizon's accidental mea culpa by digikata on Friday July 18, 2014 @02:06PM (#8054604)
Hmm, I've heard of immunity over class action wiretap related issues, but bandwidth delivery too? Any references? "class action immunity verizon" just has too much noise.
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