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H&R Block v. Lopez December 21, 2016 Manuel Lopez III filed a class action complaint against H&R Block in a Missouri state court, challenging H&R Block’s imposition…
National Labor Relations Board v. Murphy Oil October 20, 2016 In quick succession, the Supreme Court received four petitions for certiorari raising the question whether arbitration agreements that ban collective…
Initiative Legal Group v. Maxon October 03, 2016 A California law firm and some of its members, accused in a lawsuit brought by a former client of serious…
Noble v. Samsung Electronics September 29, 2016 Mr. Noble purchased a Samsung Galaxy Gear S Smartwatch. Samsung marketed the Smartwatch as having a battery that would last…
Wan Hai Lines v. Elite Logistics Corp. March 21, 2016 In this case, a panel of the California Court of Appeal held that an arbitration agreement that, among other things,…
McGill v. Citibank February 16, 2016 This case in the Supreme Court of California concerned the validity of California’s so-called “Broughton-Cruz” rule that claims for injunctive…
DIRECTV v. Imburgia July 24, 2015 Amy Imburgia brought a class action on behalf of herself and other DIRECTV subcribers claiming that DIRECTV charged early-termination fees…
In re George Helle, III June 26, 2015 In a lawsuit for breach of an oral partnership agreement, the Texas trial court compelled arbitration even though there was…
Bridgestone Retail Operations v. Brown June 01, 2015 In 2014, the California Supreme Court ordered a lower court to vacate and reconsider a decision in light of the…
