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 Standing is the legal principle that decides who gets to bring a lawsuit. Typically, a person needs to have been injured by the actions of another to have standing to bring a lawsuit. But in recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court has narrowed which injuries “count,” allowing more bad behavior to go…
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 Preserving municipal liability for systemic prosecutorial misconduct under Section 1983 and Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 (1978), in the Ninth Circuit. Summary Roger Wayne Parker languished in jail for nearly four years for a murder the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office knew he did not commit. During that…
What’s at Stake The FCC has abandoned the “one-to-one consent” rule, which would have prevented a telemarketer from selling consumers’ information to other telemarketers after the consumer consented to be contacted only by that one telemarketer. Details Four small business owners and the National Consumers League asked the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals for permission…
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…
Wellpath is one of the largest providers of correctional health care services in the United States. On any given day, Wellpath is responsible for providing care to more than 220,000 people at over 400 carceral facilities, including prisons, jails, and immigration detention centers. Since its creation in 2018, Wellpath has been named in hundreds 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…