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Business Law & Regulations, Privacy

DENIED! Court REJECTS Motion to Certify Class in Data Breach Alleging Disclosure of Employees’ Sensitive Tax Information

January 25, 2021

Via: National Law Review

Data breach litigations rarely make it to motions for class certification. This trend makes each decision that does come out addressing class certification in the data breach context that much more interesting. Well, last week a federal court denied a […]


Know Your Rights

Federal appeals court rejects challenge to Harvard’s affirmative action policy

November 12, 2020

Via: Jurist

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Thursday rejected claims from a group representing Asian Americans arguing that Harvard’s affirmative action policy discriminated against them. Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) brought suit against Harvard in November 2014, […]


Business Law & Regulations, Finance

NLRB Can’t Order Reimbursement of Court Costs

May 25, 2016

Via: FindLaw

The National Labor and Relations Board has no unilateral power to order the reimbursement of attorneys and litigation expenses incurred during an NLRB meeting, according to the DC Circuit. Although the power of the board is wide and expansive, the […]


Employment & Labor

Federal appeals court rules tip distribution violates labor standards

February 25, 2016

Via: Jurist

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Tuesday that employers may no longer collect tips from service employees and share them with support staff even if the tipped employees are receiving minimum wage. […]