2018
Class Arbitration and Other Risks: Are You Protected?
David Bertoni / 0 CommentsMore companies, large and small, are including arbitration clauses in their consumer agreements, including clauses that seek to bar class arbitration. Such clauses may be easier said than done, and there remain traps for the unwary.
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2018
Isaacson Addresses Congressional Internet Caucus Academy on Wayfair’s Effects
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsSenior Partner George Isaacson joined a distinguished panel of experts on Monday, July 9, 2018, to consider the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. In that opinion, the Court overruled long–standing precedent and held that a state tax authority may require an out–of–state business to collect and remit...
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2014
Federal Circuit Chief Judge Sharon Prost Discusses New Post
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsAs reported in The Recorder (registration required), Chief Judge Sharon Prost of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals talked about her sudden ascension to her new post at a conference on patent law held in northern California. Elevated to chief judge after former Chief Judge Rader resigned, Judge Prost suggested in a Q&A session that...
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