This week, the Ninth Circuit addresses whether text messages can violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s prohibition on “prerecorded voice” messages, and it considers whether debtors who paid statutory fees under an...more
8/14/2023
/ Appeals ,
Appellate Courts ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Debtors ,
Fees ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Statutory Violations ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Text Messages
This week, the Ninth Circuit explains the requirements for administrative summonses compelling testimony, and addresses whether a farm laborer was subjected to economic duress and undue influence when signing an arbitration...more
This week, we take a look at two Ninth Circuit decisions concerning the employer-employee relationship. In the first, the Court let the lawsuit against the NFL for its negligent handling of drug distribution to its injured...more
8/14/2020
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Agency Deference ,
Appeals ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Controlled Substances ,
Dismissals ,
Dissenting Opinions ,
Employer Contributions ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Failure To State A Claim ,
Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA) ,
Negligence ,
Negligence Per Se ,
NFL ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Pain Management ,
Partial Reversal ,
Pension Plan Amendments ,
Pensions ,
Petition for Review ,
Pleading Standards ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Remand ,
Sports ,
Standard of Review ,
Substantial Evidence Standard ,
Unilateral Modification
This week, the Ninth Circuit closely guarded its own jurisdiction while putting government litigants on the back foot. Read on to find out why county jailors’ qualified immunity appeal was dismissed, and how the Court handled...more
8/6/2020
/ Appeals ,
Appellate Courts ,
Collateral Order Doctrine ,
Dismissals ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure ,
Lack of Jurisdiction ,
Motion for Reconsideration ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Notice of Appeal ,
Qualified Immunity ,
Summary Judgment ,
Tolling