{"id":1028861,"date":"2026-08-15T08:09:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T02:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1028861"},"modified":"2026-08-15T08:13:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T02:43:33","slug":"amazon-reinstates-binding-arbitration-bars-class-action-lawsuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/08\/15\/amazon-reinstates-binding-arbitration-bars-class-action-lawsuits\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon reinstates binding arbitration, bars class-action lawsuits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon on Friday reinstated binding arbitration for its U.S. customers while also barring them from seeking class-action lawsuits, making it more difficult for users to address grievances in court. <\/p>\n<p>In emails on Friday, Amazon said the changes are effective immediately and customers \u200cagree to the \u2060terms \u2060by continuing to use the company&#8217;s services. Often, companies alert customers to upcoming changes to \u200btheir terms of service weeks in advance. <\/p>\n<p>Previously, Amazon said customers should pursue \u200blegal claims in court in Washington state, where Amazon is based. Five years ago, Amazon revoked binding arbitration after facing tens of thousands of \u200bcostly individual cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon on Friday reinstated binding arbitration for its U.S. customers while also barring them from seeking class-action lawsuits, making it more difficult for users to address grievances in court. In emails on Friday, Amazon said the changes are effective immediately and customers \u200cagree to the \u2060terms \u2060by continuing to use the company&#8217;s services. Often, companies alert customers to upcoming changes to \u200btheir terms of service weeks in advance. Previously, Amazon said customers should pursue \u200blegal claims in court in Washington state, where Amazon is based. Five years ago, Amazon revoked binding arbitration after facing tens of thousands of \u200bcostly individual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,4,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1028861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-economic-times","category-newspapers","category-the-economic-times"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1028861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1028886,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028861\/revisions\/1028886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1028861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1028861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1028861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}