What’s at Stake Corporations should not be allowed to use fine print in contracts to immunize themselves from lawsuits that have nothing to do with the contract, and they definitely shouldn’t be allowed to use a contract they weren’t a part of to do it. Summary This case is a class action filed in Florida…
What’s at Stake Corporations should not be allowed to use a contract about one thing to get out of lawsuits about a totally different thing, especially if the contract is expired. Summary In May 2020, Kristi VonDeylen hired Aptive to provide quarterly pest control services at her home for twelve months. They entered into a…
What’s at Stake The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) says that certain classes of workers (such as seamen or transportation workers) cannot be compelled into arbitrating disputes with employers and have their right to sue an employer in court taken away. This case is about preventing the federal courts from compelling those workers into arbitration under…
What’s at Stake Corporations that are in the middle of employment lawsuits should not be able get out of litigation by imposing new fine print terms onto the employees that take away their right to sue the employer. Summary In 2022, Bo Avery and his co-workers filed a class action for wage theft against their…
What’s at Stake When a new law is enacted, it must also be interpreted and applied correctly by courts. That’s why the first legal cases regarding a new law can be extremely important. This case is about ensuring a 2022 law protecting access to justice is correctly applied and interpreted in the U.S. Court of…
If a party writes unfair and unenforceable terms into a contract on purpose, should the rest of the contract be enforced at all? In March 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction that paused the arbitration initiated by Advanced Care Staffing (ACS), against Mr. Benzor Shem Vidal. Public Justice…
This case involves issues around digital contract formation and electronic signatures, which can be used by companies to bind their customers and employees to terms they might never see or know about. This is especially critical when those terms take away important rights, like the right to go to court. Susan Parisi, a veteran and…
What’s at Stake Charles Adler, his son Grant, and Charles’s limited liability company, C. M. Adler, LLC, sued Gruma Corporation—one of the largest tortilla producers in the world—to challenge their retaliatory termination and to recover unpaid wages and other payments they were owed under state and federal labor law. After the district court granted Gruma’s…
In the Eastern District of Michigan, our Access to Justice team is challenging another aspect of the profit-driven conspiracy between prison telecom company Securus and St. Clair County, Michigan to exploit incarcerated people and their families: restricting access to U.S. mail in favor of expensive messaging products provided by Securus. As in our Right to…