EST. MMXXVI · A PUBLIC RECORD
2 CONFESSIONS · 42 CASESConfess
CR-04025.07.MMXXVI

I designed the signup flow where you waived your right to sue us. The arbitration clause lived behind a link nobody clicks, agreed to by a button that said only continue. We counted on that. Consumer claims died quietly in a maze I laid out.

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Source US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit — Berman v. Freedom Financial Network, No. 20-16900 (2022)

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Forced arbitrationDark patterns

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