What’s at Stake The issue before the Ohio Supreme Court in this case is whether the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts Ohio law that gives people the right to immediately appeal a court order that grants a motion to compel arbitration and stays court proceedings...
What’s at Stake The primary issue before the Colorado Supreme Court in this case is the enforcement of a Colorado statute requiring debt collectors to produce specific evidence showing that a debtor legitimately owes the debt, and that the debt collector has the right to...
What’s at Stake Standing is the legal principle that decides who gets to bring a lawsuit. Traditionally, a person who has experienced the violation of a statute has standing to bring a claim for that violation. For example, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) says...
What’s at Stake This case is about whether the First Appellate District of the California Court of Appeals will continue to recognize that having statutory claims is enough to sue in state court or whether it will follow the federal courts and require concrete harm...
What’s at Stake Standing is the legal principle that decides who gets to bring a lawsuit. Traditionally, a person who has experienced the violation of a statute has standing to bring a claim for that violation. For example, the California Fair Debt Buying Practices Act...
What’s at Stake Certain workers cannot be compelled into arbitrating disputes with employers under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). Specifically, the statute exempts the contracts of workers “engaged in…interstate commerce.” Since our victory in the U.S. Supreme Court in Oliveria v. New Prime, Inc., the...
What’s at Stake Under the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA), you have the right to sue your employer for age discrimination up to 90 days after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) completes an investigation into your employer. EEOC investigations sometimes take years. This...
What’s at Stake This case tests what counts as “acceptance” of a company’s terms of service, and whether a person can be bound to terms someone else accepted. In this case, our client was seriously and permanently injured in a crash while riding in an...
What’s at Stake Ever since Congress passed the Ending Forced Arbitration in Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (EFAA) in 2022, companies have been trying to find ways around it. The EFAA says that a plaintiff who brings a case that relates to a “sexual...
What’s at stake: Whether the city of Glendale can outlaw panhandling using ordinances that restrict free speech in violation of the First Amendment . Summary: Between 2019 and 2024, homelessness in Maricopa County, Ariz., which contains more than 60% of the population of Arizona...
What’s at Stake Corporations are trying to make it harder and harder for people to bring class actions against them. When people band together through a class action to sue a corporation that has broken the law and harmed them, lawsuits that would otherwise be...
What’s at Stake This is the first time the Second Circuit will decide whether the Ending Forced Arbitration in Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (EFAA) saves the whole case from being forced into arbitration when the plaintiff alleges conduct that relates to...