Dentologie Loses Bid to Arbitrate Google Info-Sharing Claims

Dentologie PC must face patients’ claims that it illegally disclosed their personal information to Google LLC in federal court rather than before an arbitrator.

Plaintiff Melissa Kite wasn’t bound by the arbitration agreement in the dental-health provider’s terms of service because the agreement wasn’t made conspicuous enough to constitute constructive notice of its existence, Judge Thomas M. Durkin of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said Wednesday.

Dentologie also presented no evidence that Kite took an action showing that she agreed to be bound by the terms of service, Durkin said, denying the provider’s motion to ...