07.29.22
Following its recent ruling regarding California’s ban on Private Attorneys General Act representative waivers in employment arbitration agreements, on June 6, 2022, the Supreme Court issued Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived an employee’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) claims relying on the Supreme Court’s decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Mariana.
The First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a group of grocery store workers cannot move forward with their claims of race-based discrimination and retaliation based on being disciplined for wearing face masks with the message “Black Lives Matter.”
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) released its rulemaking priorities for the coming months and put joint employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) at the top of the list.
07.28.22
Explaining the difference between something that is possible and something that is probable, a Pennsylvania federal court found it lacked jurisdiction over a plaintiff’s claims of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) violations.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) commercial non-telemarketing call exemption, upholding the agency’s December 2020 order maintaining the exemption and establishing specific requirements as mandated by the ...
Texts purportedly designed to “promote gambling” do not constitute marketing or advertising for purposes of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), an Alabama federal court has ruled.
07.26.22
In California Institute of Technology v. Broadcom Limited, the Federal Circuit overruled prior precedent and clarified that inter partes review estoppel applies not just to claims and grounds asserted in the petition and instituted for consideration by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, but to ...
06.30.22
U.S. District Court Judge J. Paul Oetken in the Southern District of New York held that a Telephone Consumer Protection Act plaintiff sufficiently alleged facts in order to survive a motion to dismiss on his prerecorded call and Do Not Call Registry claims.
The National Association of Attorneys General shared a commitment to work collaboratively with the Federal Communication Commission in a new letter signed by 41 attorneys general.