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APRIL 16, 2023

DeJoy , a lawsuit that could potentially revolutionize the balance of power between religious workers and their employers and co-workers, will be heard by the Supreme Court on Tuesday. DeJoy could give religious conservatives unprecedented power to make demands from their employers. By Ian Millhiser Groff v.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Federal law provides for a narrow exception, though, if a debtor can show that this would cause an undue hardship to the debtor and their dependents. A class action is a type of lawsuit in which many consumers (or other types of plaintiffs) can pursue compensation from the same defendant after suffering the same or similar harm.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

While federal law governs people and businesses across the U.S., each state has developed its own set of laws in many areas. These range from employment and family law to personal injury and criminal law. State laws may resemble one another in some situations, but they may vary greatly in others.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

As I reported here in November , the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has sued Xcential for misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, and other causes of action. This is Stodder’s perspective on the lawsuit. Superior Court in October. Patent and Trademark Office and then in D.C. The Holy Grail?

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

If this happens, a consumer might be able to pursue a claim in court. The Consumer Protection Law Center offers information about these topics and others related to consumer rights. They can bring a civil lawsuit against whoever was responsible for the improper practice, seeking the damages that they sustained as a result.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JULY 13, 2021

Supreme Court TransUnion decision. On June 25, 2021, the Supreme Court issued a significant opinion on standing in the context of consumer class actions in TransUnion LLC v. The Supreme Court affirmed that certain members of a class action lacked standing—and therefore could not be members of the class. The Opinion.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JULY 7, 2021

Supreme Court TransUnion decision. Individuals whose personal information was compromised in a data breach have had mixed success in bringing lawsuits in federal court against the companies that held their data. Recent Circuit Court Decisions: Tsao, McMorris, and In re Equifax The U.S.

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Centerbase

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

We’ll also dive into how to make your law firm website accessible and why, above all, accessibility matters and should be strived for. The ADA is a federal law enacted in 1990. Because of this, it has fallen to the courts to determine how the ADA applies to websites. Let’s get moving! What is the ADA?

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

MARCH 22, 2023

Supreme Court has played a key role in shaping American life. The Court has defined the scope of individual liberties under the Constitution, determined the limits of government power, and interpreted federal laws in areas such as employment, immigration, and the environment. Supreme Court Center. Landmark U.S.

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JUNE 14, 2023

TikTok has already filed a lawsuit against the state of Montana, claiming that the TikTok ban violates the First Amendment and other federal laws. For example, five Montana-based TikTok content creators have filed a lawsuit against the state of Montana under similar grounds. When will authorities ban TikTok?

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

DECEMBER 24, 2022

And this is one that the US Supreme Court has recognized is not really a bright line, in the case called Carpenter vs. United States from 2018. This is a case where the Supreme Court held that the government needed to get a warrant in order to obtain the cell phone locations of a person over a period of time.

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Eric Goldman

JULY 16, 2023

My blog post on the district court rulings. Wrapping up this discussion, the court says: we need to decide whether § 230(c)(1) precludes the plaintiffs’ claims only if they have stated a cause of action against Armslist LLC. Plaintiffs argued that Armslist didn’t educate its users about gun laws. Defense wins.

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Eric Goldman

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Those efforts all failed in court (see links at the bottom of this post). This post covers two more rulings this week involving anti-TikTok efforts: Montana’s TikTok ban and Indiana’s consumer protection lawsuit against TikTok. Both TikTok and a consortium of TikTok users challenged the law.

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Justia Legal Marketing & Technology blog

JANUARY 20, 2023

A section on the process of getting a divorce covers not only what happens when a couple goes to court but also how arbitration , mediation , and collaborative divorce can provide solutions outside the courtroom. Like other medical malpractice cases, birth injury lawsuits usually require expert testimony and affidavits of merit.

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

OCTOBER 3, 2023

State and federal laws prohibit public and private entities from discriminating against individuals based on their race, age, national origin, religion, gender, disability, and sexual orientation. As long as companies have privacy policies and do not deceive consumers, the law permits them to collect and use intimate data.

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