Strike While the Arbitration Award Is Hot: Three-Month Window to File Motion to Vacate Does Not Prevent Earlier Confirmation
Posted on Dec 24, 2021 in Arbitration | Comments Off on Strike While the Arbitration Award Is Hot: Three-Month Window to File Motion to Vacate Does Not Prevent Earlier Confirmation
The Federal Arbitration Act provides for motions to confirm (9 U.S.C. § 9) or to vacate or modify (9 U.S.C. §§ 10, 11) an arbitration award, but the motions are not all subject to the same deadline. A motion to confirm may be filed within a year after the award is made, whereas the window for filing a motion to vacate or modify is only three months. (Compare id. § 9, with § 12.) But...
A Debtor by Any Other Name? Court Certifies Question to Florida Supreme Court
Posted on Dec 24, 2021 in Commercial Law and Business Torts | Comments Off on A Debtor by Any Other Name? Court Certifies Question to Florida Supreme Court
Florida law provides that a UCC-1 financing statement is “seriously misleading” if it does not include the debtor’s correct name, unless “a search of the records of the filing office under the debtor’s correct name, using the filing office’s standard search logic, if any, would disclose” the financing statement notwithstanding the misnomer. But how much of a search is required? The...
Court Affirms Order Unsealing “Unguarded Emails”
Posted on Dec 17, 2021 in Civil Procedure | Comments Off on Court Affirms Order Unsealing “Unguarded Emails”
The Eleventh Circuit reiterated the importance of access to judicial proceedings—including, in the case at hand, “unguarded emails expressing personal opinions,” in Callahan v. United Network for Organ Sharing, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 34201 (11th Cir. Nov. 17, 2021). The underlying dispute arose from a revised organ donation policy approved by the defendant United Network for Organ...
Dual Jobs and Dueling Opinions: Divided Panel Reverses Summary Judgment in Employer’s Favor in FLSA Case
Posted on Dec 17, 2021 in Employment Law and Employee Benefits | Comments Off on Dual Jobs and Dueling Opinions: Divided Panel Reverses Summary Judgment in Employer’s Favor in FLSA Case
A divided panel of the Eleventh Circuit reversed summary judgment for the employer on an employee’s Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) claims in Rafferty v. Denny’s, Inc., 13 F.4th 1166 (11th Cir. 2021). Lindsay Rafferty, who had been a Denny’s server, claimed that the restaurant violated the FLSA in paying her sub-minimum wage for time she spent doing non-tip-producing work. The...
FDCPA Standing Case To Be Reheard En Banc
Posted on Dec 10, 2021 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on FDCPA Standing Case To Be Reheard En Banc
The full court will rehear Hunstein v. Preferred Collection & Mgmt. Svcs., Inc., in which a panel of the court determined that a consumer had standing to challenge under the FDCPA a debt collector’s provision of information to a third-party mail service. You can read our prior post on the case here.