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Washington Federal Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Out-of-State Distillers Constitutional Challenge to Washington’s Distillery...

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A federal court in Washington denied the State of Washington’s motion to dismiss an out-of-state distiller’s constitutional challenge to Washington’s distillery regulatory scheme. Shady Knoll Orchards & Distillery LLC v....more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Vermont Supreme Court Issues Important Decision On The Enforceability Of Arbitration Clauses In Consumer Agreements And The...

The Court Affirmed A Lower Court’s Enforcement Of The Arbitration Clause, Requiring The Consumers To Arbitrate Their Claims Against A Home Inspection Company, And Also Affirmed The Lower Court’s Refusal To Vacate The...more

Genova Burns LLC

Crossing State Lines: Road Tripping with Amazon and Interstate Commerce

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On July 28, 2020, Chief District Judge Freda L. Wolfson from the District of New Jersey denied Amazon’s Motion to Dismiss and Compel Arbitration in Harper v. Amazon. The parties were ordered to engage in discovery to...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Fourth Circuit Says Federal Hate Crime Law Applies to Workplace Assault

The federal Hate Crimes Prevention Act applies severe criminal penalties for violent acts that are motivated by race, religion, and other protected classifications. Earlier this month, a divided panel of the Fourth Circuit...more

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Round One of Critical New Prime Battle Goes To Gig Businesses

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Great news for gig economy businesses from an Illinois federal court: a judge recently ruled that Grubhub’s delivery drivers were not operating in “interstate commerce,” and therefore were not excluded from the company’s...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

Making a Federal Case Out of It: What Does the DTSA’s “Interstate Commerce” Limitation Mean?

We’ve blogged a lot about the Defend Trade Secrets Act in the roughly year-and-a-half period since the law was enacted. Our coverage has run the gamut: from the first jury verdict under the DTSA, to the U.S. Patent and...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Facebook calls Illinois Biometric Law Unconstitutional

In the ongoing saga of Facebook’s challenge of the Illinois Biometric Law, it declared last week that the Illinois law violates the United State Constitution. According to Facebook’s Answer in a suit filed against it in...more

Proskauer - New England IP Blog

Connecticut Court Possesses Personal Jurisdiction Over “Demonologist” Publisher

In the District of Connecticut, an out of state publisher with no alleged direct contacts with Connecticut recently lost its bid to have a case against it dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction. Gerald Brittle sued...more

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