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Devas v. Antrix: Ninth Circuit Requires Minimum Contacts for Personal Jurisdiction over Foreign States

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The Ninth Circuit’s February 6, 2024, decision denying rehearing en banc of Devas v. Antrix and upholding its earlier ruling to overturn the enforcement of a $1.3 billion arbitration award diverges significantly from the...more

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Eleventh Circuit Finds District Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Freeze Defendant’s Assets During Pendency of Action to Confirm...

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In Noble Prestige Ltd. v. Galle, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals considered whether the trial court properly granted a preliminary injunction barring the defendants from dispersing assets during the pendency of the...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Post-Facebook v. Duguid Litigation Roundup - April 2023

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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Mini-TCPAs Start to Take Center Stage

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After years of litigation in federal courts across the country over purported Telephone Consumer Protect Act (TCPA) violations, there has been a recent shift in focus to what is known as mini-TCPAs being enacted by state...more

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Court Enforces Arbitration Provision in TCPA Suit

A Michigan federal court upheld an arbitration clause found on a lead generation website, granting a defendant’s motion to dismiss a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) case....more

Bennett Jones LLP

Set-Aside Applications Cannot Be Used to Reargue Merits of the Claim

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The Ontario trial court has once again emphasized that an application to set aside an arbitral award under Article 34 of the Model Law is not to be used as an opportunity to reargue the merits of the claim. Under Article...more

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CF on Cyber: An Update on the Florida Security of Communications Act (FSCA)

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Since the beginning of 2021, more than two dozen class action cases have been filed in Florida state court under Florida's Security of Communications Act. The act has, in some form, been on the books for more than 50 years....more

JAMS

FRAND License Disputes: Litigation and ADR

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A party to a dispute making a conscious decision whether to litigate or arbitrate does not occur as often as some might think. The decision is often made by the circumstances. If a dispute arises regarding a license or other...more

Troutman Pepper

Northern District of California Denies Arbitration in TCPA Class Action, Citing Lack of Affirmative Assent to Arbitrate in Web...

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On September 1, 2020, a district court in the Northern District of California weighed in on an issue of recurring importance in internet commerce: how does a business obtain a remote consumer’s effective agreement to terms...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Cluttered User Registration Screens Challenge Enforceability of Site Terms

In recent years, courts have issued a host of rulings as to whether online or mobile users received adequate notice of and consented to user agreements or website terms when completing an online purchase or registering for a...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 1.28.2020 | Top Story: Markets Tumble as Fears Spread Over Coronavirus Epidemic

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A mounting death toll (over 106 and counting) and fears of a coronavirus pandemic sent markets tumbling early on Monday and kicked off a selloff that continued all day....more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.29.2019 | Top Story: AT&T Reaches Accord with Elliott Management to End Activist Challenge

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AT&T announced yesterday that it’s resolved an ongoing battle with activist Paul Singer and his Elliott Management by agreeing to keep CEO Randall Stephenson on the job through “at least 2020,” with the chair and CEO roles to...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

One Star Rating: Court Denies Uber’s Motion to Compel Arbitration after Failing to Authenticate Agreement

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A District Court in California denied Uber’s motion to arbitrate a TCPA class action claim after the ride-sharing company failed to authenticate the information from its database that allegedly confirmed the arbitration...more

Balch & Bingham LLP

Compelling Arbitration of TCPA Claims Alive and Well

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Two recent opinions show that litigants should always determine whether compelling arbitration is viable tactic in fighting claims under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). ...more

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California Federal Court Enforces Arbitration Provision in Uber Agreements

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A class action alleging unsolicited text messages received from Uber violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and California competition law was sent to arbitration by a California federal court based upon an...more

Holland & Knight LLP

What President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's Election Means to Business in Mexico - An Outlook for Several Key Sectors, Including...

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• Mexico recently voted for a new president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, in the biggest – and likely the most important – election in the country's history, electing the first left-wing candidate in Mexico. • While it is...more

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Eleventh Circuit Finds Defendant Can’t Use Unsigned Consent to Receive Text Messages to Compel Arbitration Of TCPA Claim

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Hope Gamble sued New England Auto Finance, Inc. (NEAF) in federal court under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)....more

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Needless Gamble: Eleventh Circuit Uses Exceedingly Broad Language to Address Narrow Issue of Arbitration in TCPA Text Suit

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In Gamble v. New Eng. Auto Fin., Inc., No. 17-15343, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 14608 (11th Cir. May 31, 2018) the Eleventh Circuit upheld denial of arbitration of a TCPA claim involving text messages offering a consumer a new auto...more

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Fourth Circuit Instructs District Court To Vacate Arbitration Award That Was Not Mutual, Final, And Definite

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The Fourth Circuit reversed and remanded the district court’s order granting Norfolk Southern Railway Company’s motion to confirm an arbitration award determining the amount Sprint must pay to Norfolk Southern for continued...more

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Seventh Circuit Reverses Order Compelling Arbitration Of Dispute Between Two Non-Signatories To Arbitration Agreement

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently held that state law governs whether a contract’s arbitration clause is binding on non-signatories. The dispute arises from a consumer protection action filed by the...more

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Order Rejecting First Amendment Challenge To Motion To Compel Arbitration

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Consumers filed a putative class action alleging statutory and common law consumer protection and false advertising claims under California and Alabama law, specifically alleging that AT&T falsely advertised their mobile...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Behavioral Advertising Company That Dropped “Zombie” Cookies Can’t Use Verizon’s Arbitration Clause To Avoid Class Action Lawsuit

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

Holland & Knight LLP

Boletín Mensual de Comercio Internacional - Agosto - Información con énfasis en la Regulación Comercial y de Arbitraje...

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Durante el mes de agosto destacan los siguientes temas: Comercio, Acceso, Prácticas desleales, Propiedad Intelectual, MIPyMEs y Arbitraje de Inversión....more

Polsinelli

Presentation Matters When Seeking to Compel Arbitration in Consumer Class Actions

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A pair of recent opinions proves that when it comes to compelling arbitration in a consumer class action, presentation of the arbitration clause may matter more than favorable Supreme Court precedent. First, in Norcia v....more

Carlton Fields

Ninth Circuit Affirms Orders Denying Arbitration In Two Class Action Lawsuits Against Samsung

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The Ninth Circuit issued two similar opinions arising out of Samsung’s appeals of orders denying arbitration in two putative class actions filed against it. The claims against Samsung allege that the smartphone maker...more

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