No. 29-1, January 2024
Index
- APP-BASED DRIVERS, EMPLOYEES OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS?: BIG TECH'S FIGHT TO CLASSIFY DRIVERS AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS PRIORITIZES FLEXIBILITY AND INNOVATION OVER LABOR AND CLASS IMPLICATIONS.
- ARBITRATION - IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS: THEY DO NOT APPLY ANYWAY - BERMAN V. FREEDOM FIN. NETWORK, LLC, 30 F.4TH 849 (9TH CIR. 2022).
- BE"YONDR" THE SCHOOLHOUSE GATE: LAW AND POLICY FOR STUDENT CELL PHONE RESTRICTION IN PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS. (Yondr cell phone pouches)
- CIVIL LAW - CIRCUIT SPLIT: EIGHTH CIRCUIT'S SUPERIOR CAUSATION STANDARD FOR ANTI-KICKBACK VIOLATIONS UNDER THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT - UNITED STATES EXREL. CAIRNS V. D.S. MED. LLC., 42 F.4TH 828 (8TH CIR. 2022).
- CIVIL PROCEDURE - LEGALLY DEADLOCKED: CHALLENGING THE NOTION OF "PREVAILING" IN THE QUEST FOR COSTS & FEES - ROYAL PALM PROPS., LLC V. PINK PALM PROPS., LLC, 38 F.4TH 1372 (11TH CIR. 2022).
- CLARIFYING CONTEMPT IN CIVIL CASES: APPROPRIATE USES IN FLORIDA.
- CONSTITUTIONAL LAW--MISS ANTI-UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: HOW COURTS EXPANDED JUDICIAL AUTHORITY BY FOREGOING CONSTITUTIONAL AVOIDANCE--GREEN V. MISS USA, LLC, 52 F.4TH 773 (9TH CIR. 2022).
- EMPLOYMENT LAW - BLURRED LINES: LOOPHOLES TO AVOID JOINT EMPLOYER LIABILITY - FELDER V. U.S. TENNIS ASS'N, 27 F.4TH 834 (2D CIR. 2022).
- PUSHBACK ON ZOOM[R] COURT PROCEEDINGS: IS "EFFECTIVE" COUNSEL STILL EFFECTIVE?