BMO Bank, Plaintiff Stipulate to Refer TCPA Claims to Binding Arbitration
Plaintiff Renata King and defendant BMO Bank, successor by merger to Bank of the West, agreed to refer King’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act claims to binding arbitration, and to stay the case pending the completion of that arbitration, said their…
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stipulation Wednesday (docket 2:23-cv-07365) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles. King alleges the bank hounded her with “numerous harassing calls” using an automatic telephone dialing system to collect a debt (see 2309070001). King filed her lawsuit Aug. 4 in state court before the bank removed it to federal court Sept. 6. BMO completed its Bank of the West acquisition from BNP Paribas July 21. The stipulation said BMO was "sued erroneously" as Bank of the West.