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News articles are listed below in reverse chronological order by practice area: Access to Justice, Anti-Bullying Campaign, Civil Rights & Liberties, Class Action Preservation, Consumers' Rights, Court Secrecy, Food Safety & Health, Mandatory Arbitration, The Environment and Workers' Rights. You can view older articles in our Article Archives.

Access To Justice

Is Long-Running Pollution 'An Event'? 3rd Circuit Says Yes in CAFA Case [external link]
Reuters
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Arbitration: Strategies for Fighting It [external link]
Bankrate
Friday, May 3, 2013
Supreme Court Ruling Affects Class Action Suits [external link]
Associated Press
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Don't Let Your Case Get Thrown Out [download PDF]
Trial
Monday, April 1, 2013
Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in AmEx Class Action [external link]
Trial
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Day in Court with Bank Elusive? [external link]
Bankrate
Friday, March 1, 2013
U.S. Supreme Court Revisits Scope of Arbitration Agreements [external link]
Reuters
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
A License to Steal? [external link]
The National Law Journal
Monday, February 25, 2013
U.S. Supreme Court Weighs Virginia's Public Access Laws [external link]
Watchdog.org
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Is Open Government a States' Rights Issue, Too? [external link]
The Atlantic
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Confronting the Ever-Mounting Challenges to Class Actions [external link]
Plaintiff Magazine
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Supreme Court to Hear Amex Arbitration Case [external link]
Trial News
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Could Consumer Dispute Resolution Have a Class Problem, Not an Arbitration Issue? [external link]
Wallet Blog
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Beat the Bank in Mandatory Arbitration? [external link]
Bankrate
Monday, November 26, 2012
The Fine Print [external link]
Guernica
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Crucial Goldman Discrimination Case [external link]
Reuters
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
PayPal: What You Need to Know About Fine Print [external link]
Next Avenue
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Companies Keeping Consumers Out of Courts [external link]
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Saturday, October 20, 2012
PayPal Becomes the Latest Company to Ban Class Action Suits [external link]
The Verge
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Signing a Mandatory Arbitration Agreement with a Nursing Home can be Troublesome [external link]
Washington Post
Monday, September 17, 2012

Anti-Bullying Campaign

Bullying Verdicts and Settlements [download PDF]
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
A Primer on Litigating Bullying Cases [download PDF]
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Drawbacks to Anti-Bullying Strategy [external link]
Washington Blade
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Anti-Semitism in the Pine Bush School District? [external link]
Shawangunk Journal
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Pine Bush Lawsuit Can Name School Officials [external link]
Times Herald-Record
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Civil Rights & Liberties

Crucial Goldman Discrimination Case [external link]
Reuters
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Ex-Fort Valley State Coach Considering His Next Move [external link]
Macon Telegraph
Monday, August 13, 2012
Fort Valley State Volleyball Program in Turmoil [external link]
Macon Telegraph
Monday, August 13, 2012
Sports Play Strong Role in Gay Rights [external link]
The News-Press
Monday, July 9, 2012
Title IX at 40: Most Schools Still Aren't in Compliance [external link]
The Christian Science Monitor
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Class Action Preservation

Supreme Court Ruling Affects Class Action Suits [external link]
Associated Press
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Don't Let Your Case Get Thrown Out [download PDF]
Trial
Monday, April 1, 2013
Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in AmEx Class Action [external link]
Trial
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Day in Court with Bank Elusive? [external link]
Bankrate
Friday, March 1, 2013
U.S. Supreme Court Revisits Scope of Arbitration Agreements [external link]
Reuters
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
A License to Steal? [external link]
The National Law Journal
Monday, February 25, 2013
Confronting the Ever-Mounting Challenges to Class Actions [external link]
Plaintiff Magazine
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Supreme Court to Hear Amex Arbitration Case [external link]
Trial News
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Could Consumer Dispute Resolution Have a Class Problem, Not an Arbitration Issue? [external link]
Wallet Blog
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
The Fine Print [external link]
Guernica
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Crucial Goldman Discrimination Case [external link]
Reuters
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
PayPal: What You Need to Know About Fine Print [external link]
Next Avenue
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Companies Keeping Consumers Out of Courts [external link]
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Saturday, October 20, 2012
PayPal Becomes the Latest Company to Ban Class Action Suits [external link]
The Verge
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Florida Supreme Court Hears Class Action Arbitration Argument [external link]
Bill Kaczor
Insurance Journal
Friday, May 11, 2012
Workers' Right to Sue Employers Over Pay, Other Conditions In Flux [external link]
Janell Ross
Huffington Post
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Wells Fargo Tightens Tough Arbitration Agreement [external link]
Kathleen Pender
San Francisco Chronicle
Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Consumers' Rights

Supreme Court Ruling Affects Class Action Suits [external link]
Associated Press
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Day in Court with Bank Elusive? [external link]
Bankrate
Friday, March 1, 2013
Could Consumer Dispute Resolution Have a Class Problem, Not an Arbitration Issue? [external link]
Wallet Blog
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
The Fine Print [external link]
Guernica
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
PayPal: What You Need to Know About Fine Print [external link]
Next Avenue
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Companies Keeping Consumers Out of Courts [external link]
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Saturday, October 20, 2012
PayPal Becomes the Latest Company to Ban Class Action Suits [external link]
The Verge
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Signing a Mandatory Arbitration Agreement with a Nursing Home can be Troublesome [external link]
Washington Post
Monday, September 17, 2012
Consumer Protection Faces a 'Tsunami' in Court [external link]
Karen Weise
Bloomberg BusinessWeek
Friday, April 27, 2012
Workers' Right to Sue Employers Over Pay, Other Conditions In Flux [external link]
Janell Ross
Huffington Post
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Wells Fargo Tightens Tough Arbitration Agreement [external link]
Kathleen Pender
San Francisco Chronicle
Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Court Secrecy

U.S. Supreme Court Weighs Virginia's Public Access Laws [external link]
Watchdog.org
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Is Open Government a States' Rights Issue, Too? [external link]
The Atlantic
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
How Clout Keeps Court Cases Secret [external link]
Chicago Tribune
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Judge Unseals Files in Remington Rifle Lawsuit [external link]
Perry Backus
Missoulian
Monday, March 19, 2012
Fatal Shooting: Father Wants Remington Lawsuit Documents Unsealed in Hopes of Rifle Recall [external link]
Perry Backus
Missoulian
Friday, October 28, 2011

Federal Preemption

State Law Seat Belt Claims Not Preempted, High Court Says [download PDF]
Martina S. Barash
U.S. Law Week (BNA)
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
NHTSA Gives Automakers More Time, Undoes Preemption Language in Seating Rule [download PDF]
Product Safety & Liability Reporter (BNA)
Monday, January 4, 2010

Food Safety & Health

Lawsuits Target Five Dairies, Seek Fines [external link]
Capital Press
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Environmental Groups Sue 4 Lower Valley Dairies in Federal Court [external link]
Yakima Herald-Republic
Friday, February 15, 2013

Iqbal Project

Big Term for Class Actions [download PDF]
Marcia Coyle
National Law Journal
Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Mandatory Arbitration

Arbitration: Strategies for Fighting It [external link]
Bankrate
Friday, May 3, 2013
Supreme Court Ruling Affects Class Action Suits [external link]
Associated Press
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Don't Let Your Case Get Thrown Out [download PDF]
Trial
Monday, April 1, 2013
Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in AmEx Class Action [external link]
Trial
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Day in Court with Bank Elusive? [external link]
Bankrate
Friday, March 1, 2013
U.S. Supreme Court Revisits Scope of Arbitration Agreements [external link]
Reuters
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
A License to Steal? [external link]
The National Law Journal
Monday, February 25, 2013
Supreme Court to Hear Amex Arbitration Case [external link]
Trial News
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Could Consumer Dispute Resolution Have a Class Problem, Not an Arbitration Issue? [external link]
Wallet Blog
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Beat the Bank in Mandatory Arbitration? [external link]
Bankrate
Monday, November 26, 2012
The Fine Print [external link]
Guernica
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Crucial Goldman Discrimination Case [external link]
Reuters
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
PayPal: What You Need to Know About Fine Print [external link]
Next Avenue
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Companies Keeping Consumers Out of Courts [external link]
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Saturday, October 20, 2012
PayPal Becomes the Latest Company to Ban Class Action Suits [external link]
The Verge
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Signing a Mandatory Arbitration Agreement with a Nursing Home can be Troublesome [external link]
Washington Post
Monday, September 17, 2012
Workers' Right to Sue Employers Over Pay, Other Conditions In Flux [external link]
Janell Ross
Huffington Post
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Wells Fargo Tightens Tough Arbitration Agreement [external link]
Kathleen Pender
San Francisco Chronicle
Tuesday, January 17, 2012

The Environment

Is Long-Running Pollution 'An Event'? 3rd Circuit Says Yes in CAFA Case [external link]
Reuters
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Appeals Court Rejects Coal Permitting Process [external link]
Associated Press
Monday, April 22, 2013
Environmental Groups Plan to Sue Over Improper Coal-Waste Disposal [external link]
Beaver County Times
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Effort Under Way to Stop Fayette County Ash Dumping [external link]
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Environmental Groups Target W. Pa. Coal Ash Dump [external link]
Associated Press
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Lawsuits Target Five Dairies, Seek Fines [external link]
Capital Press
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Environmental Groups Sue 4 Lower Valley Dairies in Federal Court [external link]
Yakima Herald-Republic
Friday, February 15, 2013
NRG Rejects Certain Claims in Lawsuit Threat Over Md. Coal Plants [external link]
SNL Energy
Monday, February 4, 2013
NRG Threatened with Lawsuit Over Alleged Water Pollution from Md. Coal Plants [external link]
SNL Energy
Monday, January 28, 2013
Editorial: Many Questions, No Answers on Oyster Creek [external link]
Asbury Park Press
Monday, January 7, 2013
NRC Asked to Revise Plans, Regulations to Consider Post-Sandy Conditions [external link]
Berkeley Patch
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Nuclear waste: Industry, activists gird for fallout from waste debate [external link]
Greenwire
Friday, August 10, 2012
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Substantiates Concerns on Mill [external link]
Gus Jarvis
The Watch Newspapers
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Oyster Creek Stands By Closure Plan Despite Federal Court Ruling [download PDF]
Elaine Piniat
Lacey Patch
Monday, January 23, 2012

Workers' Rights

Crucial Goldman Discrimination Case [external link]
Reuters
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Workers' Right to Sue Employers Over Pay, Other Conditions In Flux [external link]
Janell Ross
Huffington Post
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Sikhs Challenge Discrimination in Courts [download PDF]
William Fisher
Inter Press News Agency
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Sikh Man Sues Convenience Store Chain [download PDF]
Ray Gronberg
Durham NC Herald-Sun
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Family Fare Sued by Man Claiming Religion-Based Bias [download PDF]
Yonat Shimron
The News & Observer
Thursday, September 23, 2010