P0918 Portions of an agreement between an internet service provider and California residents that required arbitration, prohibited class arbitration, chose Georgia law, and selected Georgia as the forum were found to be unconscionable because they would have prevented class arbitration on behalf of numerous consumers allegedly cheated out of small sums of money through deliberate behavior, and would require each plaintiff to travel 2,000 miles to recover a small sum.CitationARAL v EARTHLINK (Internet Provider) 134 CA4 544 [See: B&PC 17200 etseq; Cruz v PacifiCare 30 C4 303, P/AT 7/03; Discover v Superior Court 36 C4 148, P/AT 7/05]
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