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District Court releases full preliminary-injunction opinion enjoining California from enforcing anti-arbitration legislation AB 51
U.S. Chamber urges the Fifth Circuit to grant petition for permission to appeal from district court ruling that erroneously expanded strict liability under Texas law.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
February 14, 2020
ISSUES: Tort & Products Liability
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Sixth Circuit to reverse district court order certifying a “negotiation class,” arguing that it is contrary to the text of Rule 23, established precedent, and...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
February 14, 2020
ISSUES: Class Actions & Mass Actions
California Supreme Court holds that employee time spent undergoing exit searches of bags, packages, and personal devices is compensable as “hours worked” under California’s wage-and-hour law. The U.S...
California Supreme Court
February 13, 2020
ISSUES: Wage & Hour, Class Actions & Mass Actions
Sixth Circuit CFRs on the mandamus petition and issues stay of district court order on production of regional and national prescription data. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief supporting the...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
February 12, 2020
ISSUES: Discovery & ESI
U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Ninth Circuit to grant review and reverse district court’s expansion of the Affiliated Ute presumption of reliance.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
February 11, 2020
ISSUES: Securities Litigation
District Court releases full preliminary-injunction opinion enjoining California from enforcing anti-arbitration legislation AB 51.
U.S. District Court - Eastern District of California
February 7, 2020
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