Fifth Circuit Panel Invalidates NLRB Decision

I wrote last year about the case of Maura Finkelstein. Here is a lightly edited version of the story as we had it back then: Maura Finkelstein (left) was, until recently, a tenured anthropology professor at Muhlenberg College. She is… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

Plaintiffs rented tools from Home Depot and then sought to bring two claims on behalf of a purported class of similarly-situated individuals. First, plaintiffs alleged that Home Depot overcharged them for late rental returns. Second, plaintiffs allege that when Home… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

We posted about the decision of a panel of Pennsylvania’s Superior Court in Chilutti v. Uber back in 2023. The decision was striking because it struck down Uber’s terms of service, including an arbitration clause as providing insufficient notice to… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin: The Digital Message on the Wall Sidney W. DeLong When I began teaching law, I discovered that I still had left-over student anxiety nightmares with all the familiar tropes (I was late to class; I was… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

Christine Charnosky writing for Law.Com reports that the University of Wisconsin School of Law (the School) will be terminating “several” faculty members, including John Gross (left), director of the School’s Public Defender Project. The School will not discuss personnel matters… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More

Plaintiff Theraplant, LLC (Theraplant) cultivates marijuana. In February, 2020, a fire in its Flowering Room 2 destroyed nearly 1000 plants, and it took two months to repair the room, but in April Theraplant was able to transfer a new batch… Source by ContractsProf Blog Read More