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The judge ruled in favor of Diamond in a class action lawsuit, forcing arbitration. There was a second class action lawsuit filed Feb 2018 by a NY Class action firm and the law firm who filed the first class action, accusing the company of selling points as an investment. There have been many complaints of this nature, especially in Hawaii. Given the same judge was assigned, despite judges supposedly assigned at random, it is expected the same judge will rule in favor of arbitration. Diamond is the only major timeshare with a class action ban, forcing arbitration which, unlike a lawsuit filed which is public record, is binding and private. The company pays arbitrators $400 to $800 an hour. Critics, including 19 Attorneys General who signed a letter about this topic when the CFPB, under prior direction, attempted to change the arbitration clause allowing consumers the right to file class action lawsuits. In my opinion, arbitration is a kangaroo court.