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Federal court denies computer maker’s motion to compel arbitration of design defect claim

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 2 2010

A federal court in New Jersey has determined that the arbitrator specified in the "Terms and Conditions of Sale" applicable to the purchase of a laptop computer was integral to the agreement and its unavailability precluded arbitration of a dispute between the parties to the agreement

U.S. Supreme Court: FOIA personal-privacy exemption applies to individuals not corporations

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 3 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exemption barring the release of law enforcement records whose release “could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy” is inapplicable to documents provided to a federal agency by a corporation

Illinois high court rules computer maker cannot compel arbitration

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 17 2011

The Supreme Court of Illinois has determined that an arbitration agreement that designated an arbitral forum which no longer accepts consumer arbitrations is not valid

Congressional discovery hearing rescheduled

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 8 2011

A congressional hearing titled “The Costs and Burdens of Civil Discovery” has been rescheduled for December 13, 2011

Alien tort claims alleged against company that designed surveillance system for China

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • China, USA
  • -
  • May 26 2011

Named and unnamed plaintiffs claiming to be U.S. and Chinese citizens who practice Falun Gong have filed a putative class action under the Alien Tort Claims Act, alleging that the defendants developed and made a surveillance system that the Chinese government used “to eavesdrop, tap and intercept communications, identify, and track Plaintiffs as Falun Gong members for the specific purpose of subjecting them to gross human rights abuses.”

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