As part of Manatt’s continuing monthly coverage of the aftermath of Facebook v. Duguid and how district courts are applying it to determine whether a calling system meets the Supreme Court’s newly clarified definition of an...more
In Ramos v. PF Homestead LLC, a Florida federal court refused to send a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) case to arbitration, rejecting the defendant’s attempt to rely on the arbitration provision in a canceled gym...more
California Now Requires Female Directors on Public Company Boards -
In a groundbreaking move to bring gender diversity to the boardroom, on Sept. 30, 2018, Governor Jerry Brown signed California Senate Bill 826 (SB 826),...more
An unsigned agreement put an end to a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) defendant’s attempt to compel arbitration of the suit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently decided. That case is Gamble v....more
Reversing a district court’s order to arbitrate a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit determined in April 2018 in Rahmany v. T-Mobile USA, Inc. that the plaintiffs’...more