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Oregon Federal Court Sides with HRDC, Denies Motion to Compel Arbitration by “NUMI” Stored Value Cards
by Jacob Barrett
On December 6, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon denied a motion to compel arbitration by Stored Value Cards in a case filed by the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), publisher of PLN, on behalf of a released detainee whose cash was ...
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