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 Court holds that it may sua sponte question the existence of subject-matter jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”) in a removed case where a defendant’s notice of removal alleged the...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