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U.S. High Court Hears Arguments On Enforcing Arbitration Agreements
Posted on 9 Nov 2010 by Bajeerah LaCava

WASHINGTON, D.C. - An attorney representing AT&T Mobility LLC today presented arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging an appeals court ruling that a class action waiver is unconscionable under the standard established in Discover Bank... Read More

Tags: AT & T Mobility LLC v. Vincent Concepcion , waiver , Public Citizen Litigation Group , class action , Deepak Gupta , AT&T Mobility , Discover Bank v. Superior Court , Litigation , lawsuit , Andrew J. Pincus , U.S. Supreme Court , Mayer Brown

High Court Hears Oral Arguments In Debt Collection Case Over Costs Awards
Posted on 8 Nov 2012 by Timothy Raub

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Nov. 7 over whether a prevailing defendant in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) lawsuit may be awarded costs even though the lawsuit was not brought in bad faith... Read More

Tags: Fair Debt Collection Practices Act , 10th Circuit , Public Citizen Litigation Group , financial services , Olivea Marx , FDCPA , Litigation , Olivea Marx v. General Revenue Corporation and Kevin Cobb , U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Census Bureau Sued For Alleged Hiring Discrimination
Posted on 15 Apr 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

NEW YORK — Thousands of African Americans, Latinos and Native Americans have been rejected for jobs by the U.S. Census Bureau during the federal government's massive hiring campaign for this year's census because of systematic discrimination... Read More

Tags: Center for Constitutional Rights , Eugene Johnson v. Gary Locke , U.S. Department of Commerce , Community Service Society , LatinoJustice PRLDEF , Public Citizen Litigation Group , U.S. Census Bureau , new lawsuit filings , Indian Legal Resource Center , employment discrimination , class action , Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights , Community Legal Services of Philadelphia , Outten & Golden LLP , Adam Klein , Evelyn Houser , Eugene Johnson , Litigation , lawsuit , Samuel Miller

Federal EEOC Warned Census Bureau Of Likely Discrimination, Lawsuit Claims
Posted on 18 Aug 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

NEW YORK - An amended complaint filed in a federal lawsuit alleges that the U.S. Census Bureau ignored a pointed, detailed warning by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that its screening process for hiring more than 1 million... Read More

Tags: Center for Constitutional Rights , background checks , Discrimination , Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law , Community Service Society , LatinoJustice PRLDEF , Johnson v. Locke , Public Citizen Litigation Group , U.S. Census Bureau , new lawsuit filings , FBI , census workers , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission , Stuart J. Ishimaru , Litigation , Community Legal Services Inc. , lawsuit , EEOC , Indian Law Resource Center , minorities