Appellate Law News and Insights

On April 19, 2022, a California Appeals Court reversed and remanded a trial court's grant of summary judgment in an employer's favor, concluding there was a triable issue of material fact regarding whether a defendant had "willfully" violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act's ("FCRA") "standalone disclosure" requirement. The case is Hebert...

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n Olean Wholesale Grocery Co-op Inc v. Bumble Foods LLC, No. 19-56514 Dkt. No. 186-1 (9th Cir. Apr. 8, 2022), an en banc Ninth Circuit panel overturned a previous Ninth Circuit decision in this litigation, finding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in certifying three classes of purchasers in their...

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The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided a landmark First Amendment case that threatened to topple thousands of sign codes across the country. As a previous Taft law bulletin explained, on-premises signs advertise some good, service, or activity available on the same property as the sign. They are the signs most of us...

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