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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) State Law Claims

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This Week at the Ninth: Supplemental Jurisdiction Declined

This week, the Ninth Circuit approves a district court decision to decline supplemental jurisdiction in a joint California Unruh Civil Rights Act and Americans with Disabilities Act case. VO V. CHOI - The Court holds...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week at the Ninth: Signal Piracy and Supplemental Jurisdiction

This week, the Ninth Circuit examines the requirements for signal piracy liability under the Cable Communications Policy Act and Communications Act, and explains when courts must give notice before dismissing a state law...more

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This Week at The Ninth: Supplemental Jurisdiction and The Unruh Act

This week, the Court tackles the jurisdictional implications of California’s attempt to limit the abusive filing of Unruh Act claims with heightened procedural requirements applied only in state court. ARROYO JR. v....more

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Website Accessibility Alert: Court Addresses Mootness Argument in Website Accessibility Case

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As businesses continue to face lawsuits and demand letters alleging that their websites are inaccessible to blind and deaf patrons in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), courts across the country...more

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Food and Beverage Law Update: June 2018

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Wage and Hour - Decision Upholds Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Clauses, Resolves Circuit Split - The U.S. Supreme Court issued a long-awaited decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis on May 21, 2018, holding that...more

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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Issues Groundbreaking Decision Allowing Medical Marijuana User to Assert State Law Handicap...

On July 17, 2017, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a unanimous ruling in Barbuto v. Advantage Sales and Marketing, LLC, allowing medical marijuana users to assert claims for handicap discrimination under the...more

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Arizona Amends State Disabilities Act to Protect Businesses From Drive-by Lawsuits

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey just signed into law an amendment to the Arizonans with Disabilities Act (AzDA) designed to make it more difficult to bring lawsuits against businesses based on claims that they are not accessible...more

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Now You See Them—Now You Don’t: The Magic of Using FAAAA Preemption to Make a Plaintiff’s State Law Claims Disappear

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Magic makes the impossible possible. Federal preemption aims at a similarly lofty goal. After all, the power to preempt a plaintiff’s state law claims is the power to transform a plaintiff’s entire case in a radical and...more

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