Bank of America recently agreed to drop the requirement that cardholders resolve disputes in arbitration. The bank did this as part of a settlement of a lawsuit in which they were accused of conspiring with other banks to require credit-card holders to arbitrate disputes instead of going to court.

Other banks are still involved in the lawsuit, which is in Federal Court in New York. These other banks include Capital One, Chase, Citibank, Discover and HSBC. The lawsuit accuses them of violating antitrust laws by requiring cardholders to enter into arbitration for all disputes.

Many believe that credit card arbitrations are biased in favor of the credit card company.

Earlier this year, National Arbitration Forum, a large arbitration company, dropped out of the credit-card arbitration business as a result of a lawsuit against it.