Post by High Priestess on Dec 15, 2016 5:44:30 GMT
House Democrat Hank Johnson is pushing Airbnb to allow its users to sue, something that Airbnb has precluded users from doing, by mandating the use of binding arbitration in its terms of service.
thehill.com/regulation/technology/310423-dem-pushes-airbnb-to-protect-users-right-to-sue
thehill.com/regulation/technology/310423-dem-pushes-airbnb-to-protect-users-right-to-sue
“These clauses operate to deprive American consumers of their day in court, so that when companies clearly violate the law, the consumers are still unable to seek redress in public courts of law,” said Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), the ranking member on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, wrote in a letter to Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on Wednesday.