To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Another chapter in the now decade-long saga of Douez v. Facebook was penned earlier this month as a British Columbia Court found Facebook liable for providing advertisers access to users ‘personal information without the users’ consent. On June 2, 2022,…
20 June 2022 Thompson Coburn LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In a major victory for California employers, on June 15, 2022, the United States Supreme Court held in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) preempts California…
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US Supreme Court Holds That Due to the Federal Arbitration Act Preemption, PAGA Claims Can Be Compelled to Arbitration In a long awaited decision, the US Supreme Court has finally addressed whether the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) pre-empts waivers of claims under the California Private Attorney General Act of 2004 (“PAGA”).1. The Court specifically decided…
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16 June 2022 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On June 15, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of Viking River Cruises Inc. in a case over whether it could use an arbitration…
16 June 2022 Seyfarth Shaw LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Seyfarth Synopsis: The Ninth Circuit recently concluded that job applicants are not entitled to compensation for time devoted to pre-employment drug tests because an employment relationship has not yet been formed. The…
14 June 2022 Proskauer Rose LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Judge Cathy Seibel of the Southern District of New York recently dismissed a putative class action lawsuit challenging various environmental impact and animal welfare claims made by Allbirds in ads for its…
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Dutch claim foundation Milieudefensie recently published a letter addressed to 29 large companies in the Netherlands in which it demands that the companies take a frontline role in climate change and comply with the Paris Climate Agreement. The letter…
It has been described as the “Lehman Brothers” event of the crypto world and heralded to bring forth a cryptocurrency winter. The collapse of TerraUSD, one of the largest algorithmic stablecoins has sent shockwaves across the world. The stablecoin was not backed by fiat currency or financial assets, but by another token, Luna. TerraUSD was…
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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Seventh Circuit rejected emotional distress and other intangible injuries as a basis for Article III standing in a class action seeking statutory damages under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). In Pierre v. Midland Credit Management, Inc., Nos….
