Plaintiffs, current and former employees of the University of Southern California ("USC"), were participants in two USC-sponsored ERISA contribution plans.

Last week the Ninth Circuit reopened a key avenue in consumer false advertising class actions – injunctive relief. A growing number of trial courts had dismissed those claims, reasoning that plaintiffs...

In doing so, the Ninth Circuit split from other circuits that strictly construe the language of Rule 23(f).

Most recognize the well-known rule that, "once a trial court has definitively ruled on an issue on the record, before or during trial, a party need not renew an objection at trial ...

It's a cardinal rule that to preserve an argument at trial, counsel must make a contemporaneous objection.

In a summary order, the Second Circuit affirmed a judgment confirming an arbitral award of damages for breach of a merger agreement between respondents Sirona Dental Systems, Inc....

Medidata brought suit against its competitor, Veeva.

The Second Circuit has affirmed an order compelling a plaintiff-employee to arbitrate his employment related claims against Carnival Cruise Lines, despite the fact that the one page employment agreement ...

Courts must apply state contract law principles to determine who may enforce an arbitration agreement.

Sujit Ghosh, President of Open Orbit Corporation, entered into a Personal Guaranty for the "full and timely performance of and by" Open Orbit under a Retailer Agreement with DISH Network, LLC.

Plaintiffs had entered into various au pair agreements which contained arbitration provisions, which defendants sought to enforce when a class action was filed.

The district court quashed the subpoena.

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

This Week's Florida Appeals: Week of October 16-20, 2017.

Week of January 8 - 12, 2018

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

On June 11, the FCC's Restoring Internet Freedom Declaratory Ruling, Report and Order, and Order, 33 FCC Rcd. 311 (2018) (the "Order") took effect.

Hoteles City Express sought an order granting it permission to issue a subpoena to obtain documents from non-party Facebook, Inc. to show the subscriber identity for a Facebook page allegedly

If a breach affecting 500 or more individuals occurs, the covered entity or business associate must report the breach to OCR as soon as possible...