Third Parties Can Compel Arbitration In Credit Card Suit, Federal Judge Finds

SAN DIEGO - A federal judge in California on March 28 granted defendants' motion to stay and compel arbitration in a class action alleging harassing phone calls and letters in connection with a consumer's credit card debt, finding that the defendants, as third parties to the credit card agreement, have standing to compel arbitration (Jacqueline Selby v. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, et al., No. 12-1562, S.D. Calif.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46101)....(read more)