Call centers increasingly targeted in class action lawsuits for statutory penalties under decades-old California law *

USA - October 23 2012
Companies that provide call center services to consumers are increasingly being targeted in class action lawsuits under an arcane section of the California penal code that provides a civil right of action and statutory damages for monitoring or recording of confidential telephone conversations without the other party's knowledge or consent.

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Ohio reduces statute of limitations *

USA - October 11 2012
Ohio has adopted a new statute of limitations for breach of written contract that, effective September 28, 2012, reduces the limitations period from 15 to 8 years.

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Supreme Court declines to take on the issue of issue certification *

USA - October 10 2012
A definitive ruling on whether courts may certify class actions to decide discrete issues, as opposed to cases or claims, will have to wait.

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Future of international class actions in the US courts may be at stake in upcoming Supreme Court case *

USA - September 19 2012
Today is Talk Like a Pirate Day, which is always a reminder of the Alien Tort statute (“ATS”), an arcane law that was originally enacted in 1789 in part to combat piracy. 

Co-authors: Tina U. Amin.

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The stakes are high as Supreme Court considers evidentiary standards for expert testimony on class certification *

USA - August 28 2012
The Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument in the case of Comcast v. Behrend this November.

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