A Miami federal judge shot down Wells Fargo bank’s attempt to push class action plaintiffs into arbitration after years of litigating.
The bank waived arbitration for the named plaintiffs early in the multidistrict case over overdraft fees. But after the class was certified, Wells Fargo argued it could compel unnamed class members to arbitrate because they had “been brought under the court’s jurisdiction for the first time.”
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