Morning Wrap: Claims Against Law School to Head to Trial | Clinton Talks SCOTUS | Is Fitbit Fibbing?
False-advertising claims brought by four former students of Thomas Jefferson School of Law can head to trial. Hillary Clinton talks SCOTUS appointments in a Boston Globe op-ed. And NPR profiles Monique Pressley, a Washington lawyer representing Bill Cosby. This is a news roundup from the NLJ and other publication.
January 08, 2016 at 03:50 AM
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Law school on trial: False-advertising claims brought by four former students of Thomas Jefferson School of Law can head to trial, a California judge ruled, The Wall Street Journal's law blog reports. The San Diego Union-Tribune has more here on the suit against the law school.
Clinton on SCOTUS: “The next president could easily appoint more than one justice. That makes this a make-or-break moment—for the court and our country,” Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton writes in a Boston Globe op-ed.
Cosby lawyer scrutiny: NPR profiles Monique Pressley, a lead attorney for Bill Cosby: “A good attorney in a high-profile case needs to know how to change public opinion. Beleaguered comedian Bill Cosby's attorney Monique Pressley is trying to do just that. Under the glare of public scrutiny, she has been vehemently defending Cosby, and projects poise under pressure. To watch Pressley on TV, you'd never know this is her first time defending a celebrity this big against charges of this magnitude.”
Labor case: The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in a high-stakes challenge of public-sector unions that arose from the gay marriage debate. The case pits a small group of teachers and Christian Educators Association International against the influential California Teachers Association, which were on opposite sides of the Proposition 8 ballot initiative in California against gay marriage.The lead plaintiff in the case, Rebecca Friedrichs, alleges that California law violates non-union workers' free-speech rights by requiring them to pay “agency fees” toward collective bargaining activities, Reuters reports. The case could put a major dent in labor influence by allowing public workers to stop paying dues to unions.
Fitbit fibbing?: In a proposed class action filed this week, three plaintiffs allege that Fitbit is engaging in unfair trade practices by selling “wildly inaccurate” wrist-based heart monitors that cannot accurately measure heart rate as advertised. As ABA Journal recently reported, Fitbit's website says it requires arbitration of customer disputes and bars class actions, although third-party websites and brick-and-mortar stores have no advance notice of the requirements, according to the suit. According to the complaint filed in San Francisco federal court, Fitbit attempts to bind customers to the company's preferred dispute resolution methods by requiring them to register their products online, a process that requires them to agree to the company's terms of service. NLJ affiliate The Recorder has more here on the suit.
Surveillance settlement: “The New York Police Department has agreed to settle a pair of federal lawsuits that claimed Muslims were the target of baseless surveillance and investigations because of their religion,” The Washington Post reports. The Associated Press has this report, and The Wall Street Journal reports here on the case. The ACLU posted the settlement document here.
Judge Judith Kaye, in memoriam: Judith Kaye, the first woman to be New York state chief judge, died Wednesday night at the age of 77. NLJ affiliate New York Law Journal reports here on Kaye's legacy. The New York Times has more here.
Documents demanded: “A longstanding and unfulfilled Congressional demand for memos about the use of GPS tracking devices in federal investigations triggered a tense exchange Thursday that saw key House lawmakers from both parties bearing down hard on a top Justice Department official,” Politico reported.
Cruz's eligibility: Donald Trump has brought a lot of renewed attention to the question of whether U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's foreign birth precludes him from becoming president. After consulting legal experts, the Los Angeles Times has reaffirmed what Cruz has long said on the issue: It is settled as a legal matter that a child born abroad to a U.S. parent is a citizen at birth. But the dispute gave the Times a good reason to go through the history of the constitutional requirement that “no person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President.”
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