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Legal News Feb 3, 2017

U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Review Mandatory Arbitration Agreements With Class Action Waivers: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP – National Law Firm | 525 Attorneys

U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Review Mandatory Arbitration Agreements with Class Action Waivers February 1, 2017 Human Resource Executive Hinshaw attorney Aimee Delaney spoke to Tom Starner of Human Resource Executive about the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to review the legality of class action waivers in labor-based arbitration agreements. Currently, some class and collective …

News Feb 2, 2017

Game Over for PS3 Linux Settlement—judge Concerned Gamers Won’t Get Paid

A few months ago we reported that the “devil was in the details” about how Sony Playstation 3 owners could go about getting either $9 or $55 from Sony as part of a class-action settlement over a 2010 software update that removed the ability to run Linux on the popular gaming consoles. The California judge presiding over the litigation is now killing the proposed settlement amid concerns the …

News Feb 2, 2017

Can Companies Bar Workers From Class-Action Claims?

This article is a follow-up to Wednesday’s story on the growing threat of class-action lawsuits against companies over wage-and-hour practices. The Supreme Court’s mid-January decision to take on a trio of cases related to class actions may serve to decide a hotly contested issue that’s of great economic consequence to many companies. The issue is around arbitration agreements, in which a …

Lawsuits Jan 30, 2017

Lawsuit by Ethics Experts Claims Trump’s Overseas Interests Violate Constitution

A lawsuit was filed in federal court Monday by a team of ethics experts and legal scholars alleging that President Donald Trump’s overseas businesses violate the Constitution’s emoluments clause, which prohibits presidents from taking money from foreign governments. NPR reports that the group says it’s asking the court “to stop Trump from violating the Constitution by …

Class-Actions Jan 26, 2017

Appeals Court Advances Two Samsung Class-Action Lawsuits

A federal appeals court ruled in San Francisco Thursday that two consumer lawsuits filed over Samsung smartphones can’t be forced to go to arbitration and instead can proceed toward trials. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that in both cases, a mandatory arbitration provision contained in a warranty booklet placed in a box packaging the smartphone didn’t amount to a contract.

News Jan 25, 2017

Lawsuit Could Throw Colorado Elections System Into Chaos

A suit before the Colorado Court of Appeals today sought to reclaim revenue the state now uses to pay for its elections — leaving its future funding in question. The case, filed by the National Federation of Independent Business , claims that businesses carry an unfair burden of the cost of funding the state’s elections, including costs carried by counties. Attorneys for NFIB point out that …

News Jan 25, 2017

Epic Systems Won’t Reveal Terms of Lawsuit Settlement, Citing Similar Case Before the Supreme Court

Epic Systems and a group of plaintiffs in one of three pending overtime pay lawsuits against the health care software maker cannot reveal the terms of a recently reached settlement in part because of a similar lawsuit involving Epic that will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a court filing Tuesday. U.S. District Judge William Conley wrote to the parties earlier this month asking …

Lawsuits Jan 25, 2017

Hiding Under Desks to Look Up Colleagues’ Skirts and Licking Their Faces Is Stuff That Happens at AIG

A lot of things have been said about the old American International Group in recent years. The Former House of Hank has been dragged through the mud and federal courthouses more than once since being essentially taken over by the Treasury Department but refusing to act like it, and the court of public opinion has been unkind to the firm even after the government sold back it’s AIG stock at a …

Legal News Jan 25, 2017

Sixth Circuit Declines to Call Off Class Action Settlement Over Wage Law Allegations

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has declined to dissolve a class action settlement regarding alleged violations of the Kentucky Wage and Hour Act. Plaintiffs William Whitlock, David Skyrm, James Middleton and Kristin Moore, who were former employees of Fourth Street Live, an entertainment area located in downtown Louisville, filed a suit in Kentucky …

News Jan 25, 2017

The Emoluments Lawsuit Against Donald Trump Is an Audacious Gamble

Make no mistake: This suit may well fail. If it does, it could help Trump, taking emoluments off the table as grounds for impeachment and allowing his administration to dismiss the issue as fatuous harassment. Democrats would lose a potent rallying cry, and the emoluments criticism would fade from the political arena.