I suspect this is wishful thinking. Even people who see news like this probably think: "that could never happen to me". Beyond that, it's very difficult to keep

I suspect this is wishful thinking. Even people who see news like this probably think: "that could never happen to me". Beyond that, it's very difficult to keep track of all the subsidiaries and "affiliates" a single huge company may have under its umbrella. The article uses the example of DirectTV using AT&T's arbitration clause to claim that lawsuits against DirectTV must go to arbitration: > In multiple class action cases, DirecTV pointed to arbitration clauses in contracts that the plaintiffs had signed – not with the satellite TV company, but with the phone services provider AT&T Mobility, when the individuals had purchased cell phones. DirecTV argued the arbitration language in the cell phone contracts applied to the telemarketing claims, because, years later, AT&T Mobility’s parent corporation acquired DirecTV, making it an “affiliate,” as referenced in the contract’s arbitration language. I didn't know that AT&T's parent company owned DirectTV. Did you?