Patent Infringement: Successful Litigation Stays the "Course"
We previously wrote about a Ninth Circuit appeal dealing with the use of bellwether procedures to resolve mass arbitration claims brought by thousands of customers against Verizon Wireless. That appeal remains pending and is...more
An appeal pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is poised to decide whether an arbitration agreement that requires mass arbitration disputes to be resolved by multiple rounds of bellwether arbitrations...more
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a non-party online behavioral advertising firm could not benefit from the arbitration clause in the agreement between Verizon and its customers because it was not a party to that...more
Takeaway: Technology advances. Business processes evolve. Contract formation, however, remains an old-fashioned concept. A party must have notice of and actually assent to a contractual provision to be bound by it. Where an...more
The class action was brought by Verizon subscribers against a “targeted advertising” company business partner of Verizon (Turn, Inc.) for deceptive trade practices under New York law. Plaintiffs alleged that Turn violated...more