The seemingly narrow question presented in Great Lakes Ins. SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC is whether, under federal admiralty law, a choice-of-law clause in a maritime contract is rendered unenforceable if enforcement would contradict the “strong public policy” of the state whose law is displaced.…
Continue Reading Supreme Court Weighs The Reliability Of Choice-Of-Law Clauses In Maritime Contracts
In Consumer Fin. Protection Bureau v. Community Fin. Services Assn. of Am., the question before the Court is whether the court of appeals erred in holding that the statute providing funding to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), 12 U.S.C. § 5497, violates the Appropriations Clause, U.S. Const. Art. I, § 9, Cl. 7, and in vacating a regulation promulgated at a time when the CFPB was receiving such funding.…
In Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer, the Court is considering whether a self-appointed Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) “tester” has Article III standing to challenge a place of public accommodation’s failure to provide disability accessibility information on its website, even if she lacks any intention of visiting that place of public accommodation.…
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