This week, the Court addresses the retroactive effect of a preemption decision by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and the constitutionality of California’s prohibition on an incumbent appearing on the ballot...more
12/5/2022
/ Commercial Truck Drivers ,
Dismissals ,
Due Process ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Protection ,
Failure To State A Claim ,
FMCSA ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Governor Newsom ,
Motor Carrier Act ,
Political Candidates ,
Preemption ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Retroactivity ,
State Constitutions ,
State Elections ,
Teamsters ,
Trucking Industry
This week, the Court explores whether time booting up a computer is compensable under federal labor law and addresses district courts’ discretion to adjust fees for serial American With Disabilities Act litigants....more
This week, we take a look at two decisions tackling novel procedural issues. In the first, the Court strictly applied the amount-in-controversy requirement of the Class Action Fairness Act, faulting a defendant for not...more
11/20/2020
/ Affirmative Defenses ,
Amount in Controversy ,
Breach of Contract ,
CAFA ,
Calculation of Damages ,
Class Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employment Litigation ,
Motion to Remand ,
Remand ,
Sua Sponte ,
Summary Judgment