After the U.S. Supreme Court refused to grant review of the Second Circuit's May 2015 decision in Madden v. Midland concerning federal preemption of state usury rates for loans issued by a national bank, the case was remanded...more
Assuming Judge Gorsuch's confirmation, the Court will add a Justice with extensive commercial litigation experience, a particular expertise in antitrust and securities law, and a track record on the bench that demonstrates a...more
2/6/2017
/ Administrative Authority ,
Administrative Review Board ,
Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
AT&T Mobility v Concepcion ,
Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Collective Actions ,
Comcast v. Behrend ,
Confirmation Proceedings ,
Consumer Bankruptcy ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Dukes v Wal-Mart ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Judicial Appointments ,
Microsoft v Baker ,
Motion to Compel ,
Neil Gorsuch ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Nominations ,
Popular ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Litigation ,
Teamsters ,
Trump Administration
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) yesterday issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that, among other things, would prohibit the use of class action waivers in arbitration clauses in connection with a broad...more
On March 22, 2016, the Supreme Court issued a decision permitting class plaintiffs to rely on "representative" or "sample" evidence to satisfy the prerequisites to class certification and certain elements of their claims. ...more
3/31/2016
/ Admissible Evidence ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Daubert Standards ,
Doffing ,
Donning ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Rules Enabling Act ,
SCOTUS ,
Statistical Sampling ,
Tyson Foods v Bouaphakeo ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Wage and Hour