9th Circuit: Federal Arbitration Act Doesn’t Preempt McGill Rule

Mealey's (July 3, 2019, 9:41 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A district court properly ruled that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) doesn’t preempt the rule regarding a waiver of rights established in McGill v. Citibank, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held June 28, affirming a partial denial of a motion to compel arbitration in a class complaint over rent-to-own charges (Paula L. Blair, et al. v. Rent-A-Center, Inc., et al., No. 17-17221, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 19476)....