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... happy, and in 2008, one set of plaintiffs filed a class action in the Northern District of California. (Lane v. Facebook, Inc.; Justia Page.) After "thorough, extensive, ongoing negotiations," which started in December 2008, a settlement was ... are recounted in the motion to approve settlement: [pdf].) The Texas Class Action (Harris v. Blockbuster): Meanwhile, a separate set of plaintiffs sued Blockbuster in April 2008 in the Eastern District of Texas, also alleging injuries based on beacon. This ...

... case, but Fifth Circuit case analyzing business-to-business agreements. More specifically, the District court relied on Morrison v. Amway where the distributors signed Amway's standard distributorship agreement. Facing disputes relating to the calculation of ... only to disputes arising after reasonable notice to counter any arguments that the contracts are illusory. The cases are Harris v. Blockbuster Inc., No. 09-217, (N.D. Texas Apr. 15, 2009) and Morrison v. Amway, 517 F.3d 248 (5th Cir. 2008).

... Supreme Court's held in Quality King Distribs., Inc. v. L'Anza Research Int'l, Inc. that § 602(a) only applies to the "unauthorized importation of infringing ... following, non-exhaustive list: Imported copies of copyrighted material - be it a British version of a Harry Potter book imported by an individual consumer under the §602(a)(2) "suitcase exemption," ... language texts made abroad. Movie rental businesses such as Netflix and Blockbuster and used-DVD and -CD resale shops, whose existence depends ...

... so." Id. at 4 (citations omitted). This 9th Circuit's reasoning in Douglas was extended in Harris v. Blockbuster, Inc. (N.D. Tex. April 15, 2009). ... arbitration clause. Thus, the court concluded, the original contract had been "illusory." Harris represents an extension of Douglas in that the right to amend even in the absence of amendment voids the entire ... remedies the small claimant has against those who command the status quo." Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin, 417 U.S. 156, 186 (1974) (Douglas ...

The Northern District of Texas has held that arbitration provisions in website terms of use that also provide the owner of the site with the right to unilaterally change the terms are illusory and not enforceable. (See Harris v. Blockbuster, Inc., No. 3:09-cv-217-M, N. Tx. 4/15/2009, available at [https:]). A key factor in the decision was the lack of any language to suggest that an amendment would be inapplicable to disputes arising before ...

... incentive for any individual to bring a solo action prosecuting his or her rights." Amchem Prods., Inc. v. Windsor, 521 U.S. 591, 617 (1997) (quoting Mace v. Van ... potential recoveries into something worth someone's (usually an attorney's) labor." Amchem Prods., Inc., 521 U.S. at 617 (quoting Mace, 109 F.3d at 344). In other ... of a "broken" litigation system. ADDENDUM: Maybe there is hope after all - in Harris v. Blockbuster, a federal district court in Texas ruling under Texas state law refused to ...

... sportsfans! The Court cranked out 5 more decisions this past week, including a blockbuster patent ruling reversing the Federal Circuit for the fourth consecutive time with no more ... constable in a chase by motorcar. Let's recap the action! Scott v. Harris, 05-1631 Respondent Harris pulled a high-speed OJ when a police officer initiated ... did not join), upholding the ordinance. The Court noted that in C&A Carbone, Inc. v. Clarkstown (1994), the Court had struck down a similar law that required ...

... and age. Justice Stephen G. Breyer, writing for the court in this case, Rowe v. New Hampshire Motor Transport Association, No. 06-457, said the state law ... a deregulated environment. Barnaby Feder contributed reporting from New York and Gardiner Harris from Washington. Stupak Turns Up the Heat on FDA Drug-Safety Issues Stir ... s technology. The subcommittee is also examining a medicine cabinet's worth of blockbuster drugs, including Pfizer Inc.'s Lipitor, Vytorin from Schering-Plough Corp. and Merck ...

... rapidly replacing the old standbys of purchasing CDs from record stores and renting movies from Blockbuster to become the most important and prominent pillars of the entertainment industry. Consider the ever- ... to uphold the contract language, seeing as the company did everything short of sending one of the Harry Potter "howlers" to screech the agreement's terms at the new customer, or follow the package to ... Q.2d 1344, 1346 (C.D.Cal., 2000). [7] See DeJohn v. The TV Co., 245 F.Supp.2d 913, 919 (N.D. ...