These class action waivers began to completely take over after DirectTV vs Imburgia was decided in 2016: https://www.jonesday.com/en/insights/2016/01/us-suprem

These class action waivers began to completely take over after DirectTV vs Imburgia was decided in 2016: https://www.jonesday.com/en/insights/2016/01/us-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-arbitration-clauses-and-classarbitration-waivers-in-consumer-contracts https://www.jonesday.com/en/insights/2016/01/us-supreme-cour... An increasingly extreme Supreme Court has repeatedly expanded the ability of employers and service providers, including ISPs, to prohibit class actions in their contracts. Even retailers now attempt to compel their customers into forced arbitration.