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Supreme Court holds that individual claims under California’s Private Attorneys General Act are subject to arbitration
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging D.C. Circuit to hold that a Rule 23(c)(4) issues class must still satisfy the requirements of Rule 23(b) as to the plaintiffs’ cause of action and that the “...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
July 1, 2022
ISSUES: Class Actions & Mass Actions, Jurisdiction & Procedure, Labor & Employment
Supreme Court denies certiorari to correct the Ninth Circuit’s interpretation that federal law does not preempt state meal and rest break requirements in aviation context. The U.S. Chamber filed an...
U.S. Supreme Court
June 30, 2022
ISSUES: Federal Preemption & Commerce Clause, Wage & Hour
Supreme Court denies certiorari to correct the Ninth Circuit’s interpretation that the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act does not preempt state worker-classification laws as applied...
U.S. Supreme Court
June 30, 2022
ISSUES: Federal Preemption & Commerce Clause
U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Second Circuit to hold that the National Labor Relations Act and the Dormant Commerce Clause preclude New York City’s wrongful-discharge law for fast...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
June 29, 2022
ISSUES: Labor & Employment, Federal Preemption & Commerce Clause
U.S. Chamber and coplaintiffs file 28(j) letter explaining how Viking River confirms that the FAA preempts California’s anti-arbitration A.B. 51 and rehearing en banc is warranted.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
June 28, 2022
ISSUES: Arbitration, Federal Preemption & Commerce Clause
What Others Are Saying
"The chamber has created the equivalent of a boutique law firm at its headquarters, one whose roster of talent now rivals some of Washington’s most elite practices."
Reuters, "Chamber of Commerce forms its own elite law team"
Dec. 8, 2014