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Supreme Court Says Alabama’s Exhaustion of State Processes Rule Unlawfully Blocked Due Process Claims

On February 21, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that an Alabama rule requiring claimants to first exhaust the state administrative appeals process before bringing due process claims over delays in their...more

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Seventh Circuit Stands Firm on Bristol-Myers Application: Employee Forum Shopping on Collective Actions Gets Harder

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In its 2024 opinion in Vanegas v. Signet Builders, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit joined a growing number of federal circuits to hold that would-be plaintiffs from out of state cannot join a...more

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TikTok, the Clock Won’t Stop, and Cases Involving Court Jurisdiction Narrowly Focused - SCOTUS Today

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As the snow has fallen on Washington, DC’s First Street over the past few days, the Supreme Court has begun to issue opinions in the current term....more

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The Supreme Court Update - January 15, 2025

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The Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions today: E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, No. 23-217: This case concerns the standard of proof that an employer must meet to show an exemption applies to the Fair...more

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Arbitrability of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Discrimination Cases: Litigating in an Alternative Universe

It is generally understood, or at least it has been in the past, that plaintiffs prefer to avoid the application of the Federal Arbitration Act (the “FAA”) and instead present their cases to juries. As such, plaintiffs have...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Holds a Court Has No Discretion to Dismiss a Lawsuit Once It Compels a Case to Arbitration

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Executive Summary: On May 16, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Smith v. Spizzirri, holding that federal district courts have no discretion under Section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act (“the FAA”) to dismiss a case once...more

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June 2020: The Top 21 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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SCOTUS: Only Appeal Filing Deadlines Prescribed by Statute are “Jurisdictional”

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On November 8, 2017, the Supreme Court issued an unanimous opinion in Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, Case No. 16-658, clarifying that an appeal filing deadline prescribed by statute is “jurisdictional,”...more

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Supreme Court Decides Perry v. Merit Systems Protection Board, No. 16-399.

On June 23, 2017 the U.S. Supreme Court decided Perry v. Merit Systems Protection Board, holding that when the Merit Systems Protection Board dismisses a government employee’s “mixed case” (a case where the employee claims...more

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