The Gap’s Rehearing Window Extended In 9th Circuit Data Breach Arbitration Row

Mealey's (May 25, 2022, 8:27 AM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on May 23 granted a deadline extension motion by The Gap Inc., giving the retailer an additional 30 days to seek rehearing of a ruling that rebuffed its quest to invoke a credit card agreement arbitration clause in a lawsuit over a data breach, in which the panel concluded that the clothing store chain, as a nonparty to the agreement, was not entitled to claim the benefits of the clause....