The Supreme Court began a new term last month, and, as usual, its docket is filled with high-profile cases. Sometimes, however, the cases that are the most important keep the lowest profiles. That's true this term. This week, the court will hear what could be its most important case in years, and I'll bet you have never even heard of it.
Earlier this the Supreme Court rules that AT&T's terms of agreement, that states that they are exempt from class action lawsuits, will be upheld. Basically they are talking about that annoying Terms of Service Agreement that agree too when you buy anything or and also that agreement you have to click when using anything on your computer.AT&T snuck in a clause that stated that by using there products you are agreeing to waiver the right to sue them in a class action lawsuit. This is illegal in most states and was turned down in all lower level courts un till it was taken to the supreme courts and was quickly overturned.
This is a huge case because they basically just got rid of class action law suits and have thrown out a large chunk of the legal code. It is as if AT&T just magically wrote down that you cannot sue them and it become law. So now the law is that you cannot sue AT&T because AT&T does not want you to sue them. And now that this case was won every single companies will out the same thing in any of there documentation.
This does not only apply to computer related companies just because you did not actually read or sign anything. When you buy anything on the market you are implying that you agree to there terms of service.
This is new pro large business and very bad for the consumer and will only make the price of living keep rising.
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/04/28/idINIndia-56621320110428
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/supreme-court-deals-blow-to-consumer-class-actions-2011-04-28
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