Robert Pratter

September 27, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Court appearances, depositions and other important meetings require appropriate business formal attire. But what about at other times? Many lawyers adopted "business casual" years ago.

By Robert Pratter

4 minute read

May 29, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

The court failed to elucidate what “clearly” really means. Nevertheless, consumers and employees subject to arbitration agreements must now utilize other measures to pursue effective relief in arbitration against powerful economic entities.

By Robert Pratter and Silvio Trentalange

14 minute read

January 07, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Although the U.S. Supreme Court is apt to apply the century-old Federal Arbitration Act to require forced arbitration, lawyers and the courts, legislatures, and social movement campaigns are avenues employees and consumers can take to get their disputes into court.

By Robert Pratter and Silvio Trentalange

12 minute read

March 30, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

If Mary had a little lamb that followed her to school, what about a goldendoodle service dog named Wonder for a disabled kindergartner? In its unanimous decision on Feb. 22, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed and remanded the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit's decision that had dismissed a federal discrimination action against the school for barring the door to Wonder the dog in Fry v. Napoleon Community School District, 580 U.S. (2017) (No. 15-497, Kagan, J., slip op. at 20).

By Robert Pratter

10 minute read