Response To Rental Store’s Petition In Arbitration, Severing Claims Dispute Waived

(June 27, 2024, 1:28 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Consumers who brought a class complaint against the operator of household rental stores over fees waived their right to respond to the retailer’s petition for a writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court, which seeks a ruling on whether the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) allows for a court to refuse to sever and compel arbitration of individual portions of a claim where they have been pleaded with nonarbitrable claims and whether a consumer may seek injunctive relief where there is no risk of future injury....