On March 10, 2015, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued the second part of a long awaited study on arbitration clauses in consumer financial services contracts.[1] CFPB head Richard Cordray summarized two key study findings. “Tens of millions of...
Business Disputes: It’s What We Do
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How I Decided to Market My Law Practice by Becoming a Leader on Climate Change
Last week, Law360 ran a story on me and the new non-profit I founded. For access to the article, click here if you are a Law360 subscriber or Google “Law360 Steve Harvey Climate Change”. Here is how this came about. In 2013, I left my position as a partner at one of...
The Twin Obstacles Of Standing And State Secrecy Live On In Surveillance Challenges
Originally posted by Jeffrey Vagle on February 11, 2015 on The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School Website As Federal District Judge Jeffrey White made plain in his order granting the government partial summary judgment yesterday in Jewel v. NSA,...
Supreme Court to Clarify Pregnant Workers’ Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc.,[1] a case that is expected to clarify employers’ legal obligations when pregnant women with work limitations seek workplace accommodations. Petitioner Peggy Young was a driver...
Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Decide Fresh Consideration Rule for Employee Non-Competes
Yesterday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted allocator in Socko v. Mid-Atlantic Systems of CPA, Inc., 99 A.3d 928 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2014). Socko is the Pennsylvania Superior Court decision from May 2014 that re-affirmed the rule that fresh consideration is required...
Noted Climate Scientist Confirms That Climate Change is Real
The headline reads like a spoof from the Onion. Anyone who reads the newspaper or follows the many reports from the leading scientific organizations, like the National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society, already knows that global warming is real, and a real...
How do I look? Supreme Court to Weigh In On Dress and Grooming Policies in Two Religious Liberty Cases
The Supreme Court this term will consider two religious accommodation cases involving dress and grooming requirements. Regardless of how they are decided, the cases are a reminder to employers to consider employees’ religious rights when making employment decisions or...
Payroll Cards Must Comply With Federal and State Law
In an era where technology equates with convenience, it’s not surprising that employers incorporate the latest technology in all facets of the workplace, including the way employees get paid. One way in which this is done is by issuing payroll cards instead of cash,...
Understanding the Science of Climate Change with Richard Alley, Ph.D., in Philadelphia on November 6, 2014
I am very pleased to report that Bill Fedullo, Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association, will be hosting a Chancellor’s Forum onNovember 6, 2014, on the subject of climate change. Bill has asked me to introduce the speakers. The principal speaker will be Noted...
Philly Bar Association Demands Action on Climate Change
With all the news about the call for action on climate change at the UN last week, you may have missed the news that the oldest association of lawyers in the US just passed a resolution calling for action on climate change. In 2008, the ABA passed a similar...