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Second Circuit Declines En Banc Review in AMEX Arbitration Agreement Case: A Donnybrook Over Class Action Waivers and Vindication of Federal Statutory Rights

5 Jun 2012, 12:27 pm by John Lewis

The panel opinion, according to Chief Judge Jacobs, also created a split with the Ninth Circuit’s holding in Coneff v. [read post]

Employment Class Action Blog - http://www.employmentclassactionreport.com/

Iskanian v. CLS: Court of Appeal Ruling Sets Up Supreme Court Showdown Regarding Breadth of Concepcion

5 Jun 2012, 12:03 pm by rhall@initiativelegal.com

Second, although the Second Appellate District held in Kinecta Alternative Financial Solutions, Inc. v. [read post]

Impact Litigation Journal - http://impactlitigation.com/

Petitions to watch | Conference of June 7, 2012

4 Jun 2012, 7:53 pm by Matthew Bush

Certiorari stage documents:Opinion below (5th Cir.)Petition for certiorariBrief in opposition (forthcoming)Reply of petitioners Amgen Inc. v. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

UCS Probes Corporate Sincerity To Climate Change Science

4 Jun 2012, 1:40 pm by WIMS

But that doesn't prevent them from obfuscating the science to create confusion and delay. [read post]

eNewsUSA - http://enewsusa.blogspot.com/

Wedding Photographer May Be Required (on Pain of Legal Liability) to Photograph Same-Sex Commitment Ceremonies

4 Jun 2012, 12:29 pm by Eugene Volokh

Sys., Inc., v. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://volokh.com

11th Circuit - Debtors Can Strip Wholly Unsecured Second Lien In Chapter 7 Case

4 Jun 2012, 5:05 am

Sounding Co., Inc., 496 F.3d at 1284 (citing Crawford-El v. [read post]

Georgia Bankruptcy Law Blog - http://www.georgiabankruptcyblog.com/

Getting Dizzy Over Fair Use in Higher Education

3 Jun 2012, 11:50 pm

There was a case in 1996, (Princeton University Press v. [read post]

IPKat - http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/

Meat Packing

3 Jun 2012, 12:17 pm

USA, Inc. v. [read post]

Patent Prospector - http://www.patenthawk.com/blog/

Java APIs Aren't Copyrightable--Oracle v. Google (Guest Blog Post)

2 Jun 2012, 11:36 am by Eric

By Tyler Ochoa (see some of Tyler's other posts) with comments from Eric Oracle America, Inc. v. [read post]

Technology & Marketing Law Blog - http://blog.ericgoldman.org/

Being Called Gay Is No Longer Defamatory: Appellate Court

31 May 2012, 1:21 pm by Eric Turkewitz

Yonaty v. [read post]

New York Personal Injury Law Blog - http://www.newyorkpersonalinjuryattorneyblog.com/

Court Rules Johnson & Johnson’s Data On Gynecare Mesh Injuries Not Confidential

31 May 2012, 4:24 am by Max Kennerly, Esq.

” Gotham Holdings, LP v. [read post]

Litigation and Trial - Max Kennerly - http://www.litigationandtrial.com/

Michigan Federal Court Adopts Narrow Interpretation of Civil Liability Under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

30 May 2012, 11:21 am by Jessica Mendelson

” Guest-Tek Interactive Entm’t, Inc. v. [read post]

Trading Secrets - http://www.tradesecretslaw.com/

Delayed but long post on LV v. Hyundai

30 May 2012, 6:20 am by Rebecca Tushnet

Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A. v. [read post]

43(B)log - http://tushnet.blogspot.com/

Ninth circuit rules evidence of stark statistical disparity can establish prima face age bias claim even if it doesn’t account for employer’s nondiscriminatory explanation, but pretext must still be established

30 May 2012, 4:59 am by Heidi Henson

The reporters, who were aged 66 and 47 when they were terminated as part of a reduction in force (RIF), sued the station and its owner, CBS Broadcasting, Inc., under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). [read post]

CCH WorkDay Blog - http://www.employmentlawdaily.com/index.php/blog

Iowa and those injuries characterized as idiopathic

30 May 2012, 3:00 am by Steve Lombardi

OPINION HOLDS: We hold it is not necessary for a claimant injured in an idiopathic fall (a fall originating from a cause personal to the claimant) to prove his injuries were worse because he fell from a height. [read post]

The Iowa Edict - http://www.theiowaedict.com/

Federal Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of State Law Claim of Fraud By Combination of State Substantive Law Requirements and Federal Procedural Pleading Requirements

30 May 2012, 3:00 am by Louis M. Solomon

Inc., 18 N.Y.3d 341, 353 (2011). [read post]

One World International Practice Blog - http://blog.internationalpractice.org/

Google Wins Trade Secret Lawsuit Over Ill-Fated Coffee Meeting--Booloon v. Google

29 May 2012, 8:13 am by Eric

By Eric Goldman Booloon, Inc. v. [read post]

Technology & Marketing Law Blog - http://blog.ericgoldman.org/

Betz v. Pneumo Abex: Not Every Asbestos Exposure Is “Substantial”

29 May 2012, 4:48 am by Max Kennerly, Esq.

, Summers v. [read post]