<P> In 2010, seven months after the Washington Attorney General's Office sued Rent - a-Center and accused the national lease - to - own chain of unfair and deceptive collection practices under Washington's Consumer Protection Act, Rent - A-Center agreed to settle . </P> <P> Another prominent case in 2010 included Rent - A-Center vs. Jackson which arose out of an employment discrimination claim brought on by former RAC employee Antonio Jackson . The case went all the way to the Supreme Court, which sided with RAC in a 5 - 4 decision . The court held that if a company's arbitration agreement includes a clause delegating fairness challenges to the arbitrator, a court must enforce that agreement and send the matter to arbitration . When Jackson first sued, Rent - A-Center cited its arbitration agreement and claimed that any challenges to the agreement had to be decided by the arbitrator . </P> <P> The Rent - A-Center company converted its Wisconsin stores to Get - It - Now! credit sale outlets after a judicial decision held that the state's consumer protection laws defining credit sales included rent - to - own businesses . Rent - A-Center is also known as Acceptance Now within its partner stores in the US in which it has kiosks . Rent - A-Center also goes by Home Choice in Minnesota, by Rent - A-Centre in Canada and by Rent - A-Center in Mexico . </P>

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