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Supreme Court Issues Favorable 8-1 Decision in Debt Collection Case
Supreme Court holds that the statute of limitations for Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) claims begins to run on the date the alleged FDCPA violation occurs, not the date on which the...
U.S. Supreme Court
December 11, 2019
ISSUES: Capital Markets Securities & Corporate Governance, Discovery & ESI
U.S. Chamber, joined by CalChamber and other business groups, files complaint challenging California AB 51. California AB 51 purports to bar employers from requiring employees and applicants for...
U.S. District Court - Eastern District of California
December 9, 2019
ISSUES: Arbitration, Federal Preemption & Commerce Clause
Supreme Court denies cert. petition regarding the proper legal standard for compelled commercial speech. The Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting cert.
U.S. Supreme Court
December 9, 2019
ISSUES: Free Speech
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Ninth Circuit to uphold the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s determination that federal law preempts California’s meal and rest break rules as...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
December 6, 2019
ISSUES: Federal Preemption & Commerce Clause, Wage & Hour
U.S. Chamber and other business groups file en banc amicus brief urging Eleventh Circuit to reject no-injury FACTA class action that had permitted class action settlement where the named class...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
December 4, 2019
ISSUES: Class Actions & Mass Actions, Article III / Standing
First Circuit denies Rule 23(f) certification. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief urging the First Circuit to clarify that district courts must provide a reasoned explanation for class-...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
December 3, 2019
ISSUES: Class Certification
What Others Are Saying
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Reuters, "Chamber of Commerce forms its own elite law team"
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