Faruki Blog

ERISA or Not, a Contract is Still a Contract, SCOTUS Holds

The Supreme Court was recently presented the question of whether collective-bargaining agreements ("CBAs") that provide for benefits governed by the.. Read More

Patently "Wrong": The U.S. Supreme Court Ends Federal Circuit's Overuse of "De Novo" Standard When Reviewing Trial Courts' Patent Claim Construction Rulings

"The Federal Circuit was wrong," wrote Justice Breyer in a majority opinion in which the United States Supreme Court's dissatisfaction with the.. Read More

Really? This Is Still a Thing?

I've been working in privacy for about 12 years now, and it truly is a profession where nothing can really surprise you. You would think in 2015, in.. Read More

Sixth Circuit Considers Communications Decency Act and Adopts "Material Contribution" Test

The Sixth Circuit considered whether the Communications Decency Act of 1996 ("CDA") bars state-law defamation claims. Jones v. Dirty World Entm't... Read More

January 2015 Faruki Website Newsletter

* Erin Rhinehart has been elected to be a Partner at FIC. * Finance Monthly Magazine has notifiedFarukithat the firm has been short-listed for its.. Read More

California S.B. 568: A License to Bully?

"We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out." – Winston Churchill On January 1, 2015, California Senate Bill 568, titled.. Read More

Ohio's Twelfth District Court of Appeals Takes Another Bite Out of Ohio's Public Records Act

The walls seem to be closing in on Ohio's Public Records Act in southwest Ohio. The Twelfth District Court of Appeals refused to order disclosure of.. Read More

Is That a Threat?

In December 2014, movie theaters found themselves in a predicament. Following an anonymous hacker's threat to release confidential data stolen from.. Read More

Eleventh Circuit Reverses Decision Finding that a Rule 68 Offer of Judgment Moots Class Claims, but Ruling's Impact Remains Uncertain

Defense attorneys have frequently used Rule 68 offers of judgment as a strategy to nullify the named plaintiffs' claims in class action lawsuits... Read More

A Few Things We Can Learn from Sony

Eating up the data breach airways for the past month has been the hacking of Sony Pictures. As with any breach in the news, the Internet is full of.. Read More
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