Virginia Federal Judge Decides Tribal Lending Dispute Won’t Be Arbitrated

( September 1, 2023, 10:37 AM EDT) -- CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A class of individuals who claim that they were issued usurious loans by lenders affiliated with the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (the tribe) cannot be compelled to arbitrate because the contracts governing the loans violated public policy by waiving all state substantive remedies, a Virginia federal judge found in denying two motions to compel arbitration....