Acorn v. Household International, Inc.

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• recognizing that California law requires both procedural and substantive unconscionability before invalidating a contract on unconscionability grounds
• holding unconscionable under California law arbitration provision that prohibited class actions, required the result of the arbitration provision be confidential, and contained judicial carve-out only for party that drafted contract
• holdinguncon- scionable under California law arbitration provision that prohibited class actions, required the result of the arbitration provision be confidential, and contained judicial carve-out only for party that drafted contract
• invalidating under California law an arbitration rider identical to the one in this case
• finding Arbitration Rider unconscionable under California law due to class action prohibition
• cost of arbitrating claim under terms of arbitration rider identical to the one in this case would be “approximately ten times” cost of going to court

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