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The case arose from a class-action litigation brought on behalf of California AT&amp;T Mobility customers who disagreed with a $30 charge on their phone bill. The opinion, written by Antonin Scalia, noted that arbitration is &#8220;efficient and less costly&#8221; for large corporations. Consumer-rights advocates are understandably displeased, while the shock wave this decision will send through the corpus of civil litigation law will arguably be massive.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/sc-dc-0428-court-class-action-web-20110427,0,1239412.story\">here<\/a> for the story from the Los Angeles Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In what will surely be seen as a sweeping win for corporations and a a major abrogation of the class-action 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