Litigation

Even If It Does Not Say So, an Arbitration Agreement May Preclude Class Actions

Employers using arbitration agreements – even if they are silent on the issue of class treatment – have another arrow in the quiver to show that agreements to arbitrate preclude class action treatment after a recent NLRB administrative law judge’s decision.

EEOC Releases FY 2013 Enforcement And Litigation Data: Employers Take Heed

The EEOC’s analysis of its enforcement and litigation statistics for 2013 holds interesting information for employers, including the fact that retaliation-based charges were most common the agency received, for the fifth year in a row.

Federal Circuit Clarifies Standard for Recovery of eDiscovery Costs

A guideline for determining the recoverability of eDiscovery costs was set out In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which claimed to be consistent with other interpretations.

The SEC’s Jury Problem

The SEC is having trouble winning insider trading cases before juries. The latest examples were last week in Illinois and […]

Extension Requested In Boston Bomber Case

Lawyers for the accused Boston Marathon bomber say they need the trial postponed until September 2015 to have time to […]

Target Saddled With Years Of Legal Wrangling After Holiday Data Breach

Since Target announced it had suffered a massive data breach in December, impacted customers have filed more than 70 lawsuits, […]

JPMorgan-DOJ Settlement Challenged In Court

Better Markets, a Washington DC-based non-profit, has sued the Department of Justice and Attorney General Eric Holder, alleging their $13 […]

Consumer Lawyers’ Wary Eye On Coca-Cola v Pom Wonderful SCOTUS Case

Pom Wonderful sued Coca-Cola in 2007, claiming the label on its pomegranate blueberry juice was misleading because the product is […]

Calif. AG Sues Kaiser For Waiting Months To Warn Customers Of Data Breach

In a California data breach case that could have national implications, the state’s attorney general is suing Kaiser Foundation Health […]

Troll Invokes Mark Cuban’s Wrath With Patent For Watching Movies Early

Billionaire entrepreneur and public enemy of patent troll firms Mark Cuban has a new target: a patent assertion firm that […]

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