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If I was a judge, I’d come down on this hard. I’d make an example out of Twitter.
Since Twitter went to court in order to fight for arbitration, and is now refusing to pay for arbitration, I’d treat them like they were deliberately and intentionally abusing the legal system (which they may very well be). I wouldn’t let them establish a precedent of disrespecting the court.
I think a higher court should overturn the judgement requiring arbitration, and let the class-action suit continue.
This lawyer, Liss-Riordan, must be going crazy trying to keep up with Twitter's constant efforts to duck responsibility. But good for her, I hope she keeps at it.
Forced arbitration should just be illegal. We've all agreed to it by signing at least one tech company's TOS, but it is so scummy. Arbitration, as a service, should still be available, but it should be entirely optional for both parties. As it stands, it's just a means for rich corporations to get the upper hand in legal disagreements.
Faced with paying perhaps millions in fees for approximately 2,000 laid-off employees, Twitter allegedly sent a letter to JAMS in early June, requesting that the fees instead be split between parties. However, granting that request would be a breach of JAMS's rules. Thus, JAMS responded by telling Twitter that it would not proceed with any arbitration that did not meetJAMS'S standards, the complaint said. After that, Twitter allegedly told JAMS that it "would refuse to proceed with arbitrations in most states outside California," attaching "a list of 891 arbitrations in which it was refusing to proceed!"
How is that legal?
I have never seen a case study on how to run a company into the ground as effectively as Elon's tenure at Twitter.
Goodness. Really does look like the bird site is run by complete morons. I hope the former employees get paid some serious bank.