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Second Circuit Upholds District Court Decision to Dismiss Arbitration Case

2015-12-10 06:00:01| Automakers - Topix.net

On November 19, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the Southern District of New York's decision to dismiss a case alleging that two leading credit card issuing banks schemed to require that disputes be settled in arbitration, as opposed to class action lawsuits. The plaintiffs challenged the District Court's decision on the grounds that language in United States v.

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Don't dismiss the link between wildfires and climate change, scientists say

2015-10-24 14:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LA Times: Was Gov. Jerry Brown wrong to blame this year's epic California wildfires on climate change? An Oct. 18 Times article said he was; scientists and activists responding to that article say it's a lot more complicated. Tuesday, two letters that didn't weigh in on the science underpinning The Times' reporting were published. Since then, several experts have written to say the article was wrong to assert that climate change isn't fueling the state's historically large fires. Here are some of their...

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Pennsylvania Data Breach Class Action Survives Motion to Dismiss

2015-10-07 15:59:27| Beverages - Topix.net

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has allowed a data breach class action against Coca-Cola and several bottling companies to proceed, finding that the plaintiff has Article III standing even though he had left Coca-Cola's employment seven years earlier. This is the first time a Pennsylvania federal court has permitted a data breach class action to proceed beyond the motion to dismiss stage.

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