Faruki Blog

New Developments in the Law on Data Breaches

In what it called "one of the latest setbacks for the social-media giant," the Wall Street Journal reported on October 17, 2008, that Facebook.. Read More

U.S. Supreme Court to Consider Anew the Scope of Federal Court Removal Rights Available to Third-Party Counterclaim Defendants

The Supreme Court soon may make it easier for counterclaim defendants to remove a case to federal court. The Supreme Court granted a writ of.. Read More

Cy Pres Settlements of Class Actions; SCOTUS Entertains a Witch's Cauldron of Rule 23 Quandaries on Halloween: Frank v. Gaos

All Hallow's Eve proved a fitting date for oral argument in the Supreme Court of the United States in Frank v. Gaos, (S. Ct. No. 17-961), a case.. Read More

Faruki+ Included in 2019 "Best Law Firms" List by U.S. News

Faruki Ireland Cox Rhinehart & Dusing PLL has earned additional recognition, being named to 2019's U.S. News—Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" List. See.. Read More

A Second Swipe of the Settlement Card: Approval Pending in the In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation

A little more than two years after the Second Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a class-wide settlement because the class plaintiffs were.. Read More

Dayton Business Journal Honors Faruki+ as a 2018 Business of the Year

Faruki+ claims a coveted title that celebrates the region's best in business. Faruki+ is being recognized in the category of Community Supporter. .. Read More

Sixth Circuit Rejects Challenge to Mandatory Arbitration of FLSA Claim

In keeping with the Supreme Court's holding in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, 138 S. Ct. 1612 (2018), the Sixth Circuit has rejected a challenge to.. Read More

Surprising or Not: Noerr-Pennington Doctrine Protects Novartis from Two Class Action Antitrust Lawsuits

A defendant accused of violating the antitrust laws has a powerful, well-established defense, if it can prove it, of immunity based on the Noerr-.. Read More

An Odd Couple: A Primer on the Two Different Frameworks for Calculating the Terminal Date of a U.S. Copyright

"A Landslide of Classic Art is About to Enter the Public Domain" asserts a recent article in The Atlantic. Why this is so requires explaining the.. Read More

Faruki’s Erin Rhinehart Named One of Dayton Business Journal's Power 50

Erin Rhinehart, Partner at Faruki Ireland Cox Rhinehart & Dusing, adds an impressive award to her collection of accolades -- being named one of.. Read More