Square Can be Sued by Bankruptcy Lawyer Who Can’t Use Service (1)

A lawyer can sue Square Inc. under a California anti-discrimination law because the payment processing service has terms and conditions that prohibit its use for bankruptcy attorneys, the California Supreme Court held.

California’s top court issued its Aug. 12 opinion to answer a question posed to it by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: does a plaintiff have standing to sue for discrimination if he’s turned away from a website without actually signing on as a customer?

Robert White sued Square in federal court in 2015, after he visited the company’s website intending to sign on as ...