Canadian Court Sides With Dell Against Class Actions

An anonymous reader writes "Michael Geist reports that the Supreme Court of Canada has just issued a new online contracting decision that removes the ability for consumers to challenge mandatory arbitration clauses found in e-commerce contracts. (Decision is here.) The case involved a lawsuit against Dell Computer, which refused to sell hundreds of mistakenly priced computers purchased on their website. Dell tried to sidetrack a class action by claiming that all consumers were required to enter arbitration due to a clause buried in its contract via a hyperlink. Geist explains why the ruling may not be as unfavorable for Canadian consumers as it seems at first, in part because some provinces have already passed laws banning e-commerce sites from blocking class-action suits."

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Re:Good idea

[Anonymous Coward]

Those guys only had to deal with crack SS divisions at Caen while the Americans took their sweet time capturing Cherbourg.

Also the grandparent conveniently forgets to mention WWI where the Canadians captured Vimy Ridge, where the British and French had previously failed. Yanks would also do well to remember which is the only nation to have successfully invaded their country and burn their capital city to the ground.

Re:Where would KDawson move?

[Daniel Dvorkin]

many of the articles posted by Mr. Dawson are so obviously (left-)biased

"It's well known that reality has a liberal bias."

Re:Good idea

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, kill the beaches. Great strategy.