Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP | USA | 21 Mar 2023
Data privacy and security continue to be significant issues for hotel owners, operators, brands, and managers, representing the potential for both…
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP | USA | 16 Mar 2023
On March 9, 2023, the US District Court for the Eastern District of California issued its ruling in Friends of the Inyo, et al., v. U.S. Forest…
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP | USA | 28 Feb 2023
On February 22, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new policy for corporate criminal enforcement, governing how all U.S…
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP | USA | 23 Feb 2023
A group known as the United African Asian Abilities Club (UAAAC), through its attorney David Wakefield, has been filing a large number of lawsuits…
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP | USA | 22 Feb 2023
A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit held on February 15, 2023, that the Federal Arbitration Act preempts a California law designed to prevent…
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP | USA | 16 Feb 2023
On February 15, 2023, a federal appeals court blocked a California law that prohibited employers from requiring their workers to resolve legal…
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP | USA | 9 Feb 2023
Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulates “places of public accommodation,” which covers nearly all businesses, commercial…
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP | USA | 30 Dec 2022
As a matter of first impression, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that in court proceedings affecting a mark that is the subject of a…
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP | USA | 23 Dec 2022
Recently, there has been a flood of ADA lawsuits against small businesses in the City of Berkeley. Berkeley has historically been overlooked by…
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP | USA | 22 Dec 2022
In recent months, a growing number of commentators have suggested that an internet platform such as Twitter commits censorship when it chooses to…