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What are three court cases where the Supreme Court actually bolstered private arbitration? What are the reasons behind their rulings?

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1. The first court case where the Supreme Court actually bolstered private arbitration is: AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, 563 U.S. 321 (2011). The decision is that the Federal Arbitration Act of 1925 preempts state laws that prohibit contracts from disallowing class wide arbitration (1). The rationale of this decision is that businesses that include arbitration agreements with class action waivers can require consumers to bring claims only in individual arbitrations, rather than ...

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