Nvidia Gets to Arbitrate Consumer Claims Over Shield Devices

NVIDIA Corp. won a bid to compel arbitration of a proposed consumer class action over the company’s decision to disable a streaming feature in its Shield line of devices.

An arbitration provision that purchasers must accept in order to set up the devices after purchase is enforceable, Judge P. Casey Pitts of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said.

The court rejected the plaintiffs’ argument that the provision is unconscionable.

Under California law, plaintiffs must show both procedural and substantive unconscionability, Pitts said.

The plaintiffs succeeded in showing the provision is procedurallyunconscionable, but didn’t show it ...