This week, the Court addresses the constitutionality of a nearly $1 billion statutory damages award under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and revives a California state law whistleblower claim.
The Court...more
This week, the Ninth Circuit addresses the standards for liability under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and rebuffs a pre-enforcement First Amendment challenge to a state law concerning public unions.
GABRIEL MORAN V. THE...more
This week, the Court confronted constitutional challenges to a California statute altering the test for determining whether workers are employees or independent contractors and an Arizona statute governing civil forfeitures. ...more
10/11/2021
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Asset Seizure ,
Civil Forfeiture ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Due Process ,
Equal Protection ,
First Amendment ,
Forfeiture ,
Forfeiture Statutes ,
Freelance Workers ,
Independent Contractors ,
Standing
This week, the Court considered the retroactivity of California’s Proposition 22—which designates “app-based drivers” as independent contractors under certain conditions—and addressed the requirements for Clean Water Act...more