Suraj.sun writes with this unhappy news, as reported by Ars Technica: "The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that AT&T — and indeed, any company — could block class-action suits arising from disputes with industry and instead force those exchange into binding arbitration. The ruling reverses premature lower-court lay down the law that classified stipulations in AT&T's service indentured which barred class concert as 'unconscionable.' ... In cases where an unfair praxis affects large numbers of customers, AT&T or other companies could quietly settle a few separate claims instead of being faced with larger class-action settlements which might include punitive awards designed to discourage future bad practices."

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