Discord moves to compel arbitration in US bellwether case of alleged sexual abuse
( September 22, 2026, 17:05 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Discord moved to compel arbitration instead of litigation for bellwether claims brought by sexual abuse victims who say the abuse happened on Discord's platform. "Supreme Court precedent requires the Court to compel arbitration because each Plaintiff accepted an arbitration agreement that delegates all arbitrability issues here to the arbitrator," Discord said in a court filing in a federal court in California.See attached document....
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