Supreme Court Sides With AT&T on Arbitration Clauses
The US Supreme Court has rendered a decision in favor of AT&T on the usage of contractually enforced third-party arbitration for settling disputes with customers, greatly reducing the power of class action lawsuits by forcing individuals to fight disputes on an individual basis as spelled out in the service agreement. The 5-4 decision was entered […]
California Supreme Court Rules Cellphone Searches Legal
The California Supreme Court has ruled that police have the right to search the cell phone of anyone taken into custody when placed under arrest in the state. Citing current U.S. law, the Court noted: “This loss of privacy allows police not only to seize anything of importance they find on the arrestee’s body… but […]