Civil Litigation,
California Supreme Court
Aug. 13, 2019
State high court rules attorney has standing to sue credit company
An attorney has the right to sue a credit card processing company for discrimination even though he never signed up for its services, a unanimous state Supreme Court ruled Monday.
An attorney has the right to sue a credit card processing company for discrimination even though he never signed up for its services, a unanimous state Supreme Court ruled Monday.
The issue came to the court from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Bankruptcy attorney Robert E. White originally sued Square Inc. under California's Unruh Civil Rights Act in 2015 over a policy that barred use by attorneys.
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