Court sanctions employee for deleting Facebook account *

USA - April 3 2013
On March 25, 2013, Magistrate Judge Steven C. Mannion of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey issued his opinion in Gatto v. United…

Co-authors: Jennifer A. Riley .

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Comcast is decided *

USA - March 27 2013
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, --- S. Ct. ---, 569 U.S. --- (2013), an important Rule…

Co-authors: Rebecca S. Bjork .

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Second Circuit holds that employers can use arbitration agreements to avoid pattern or practice class actions *

USA - March 22 2013
On March 21, 2013, the Second Circuit issued its long-awaited decision in Parisi v. Goldman, Sachs & Co., No. 11-5229 (2d Cir. Mar. 21, 2013). In a…

Co-authors: David B. Ross , Jennifer A. Riley .

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Supreme Court expands reach of the CAFA, and rejects scheme to keep class actions in state court *

USA - March 19 2013
Today, in its first significant class action ruling of 2013, Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles, No. 11-1450 (U.S. Mar. 19, 2013), the U.S…

Co-authors: Jennifer A. Riley .

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Disagreements abound on Capitol Hill as the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Sub-Committee addresses "abuse" in class action litigation and has Seyfarth's workplace class action report cited in testimony *

USA - March 15 2013
This week the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Sub-Committee on the Constitution and Civil Justice held a hearing on the subject of…

Co-authors: Laura J. Maechtlen .

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