by adminAcheson Hotels v. Laufer: The Supreme Court Examines the Concepts of “Standing” and “Mootness” in the Digital Age
This past October, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in an interesting case of a “civil rights tester” (sometimes referred to as a “professional plaintiff”). In this case, the plaintiff is an individual who scours the internet looking for hotels whose websites lack information on accessibility as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), and then files...
by adminSCOTUS to Consider Legality of Agencies Imposing Fines
In a new major case, the U.S. Supreme Court now is considering whether it is unconstitutional for administrative agencies to impose fines or other civil penalties. Under current law both in Arizona and at the federal level, persons challenging an administrative agency’s imposition of a fine or other civil penalty must have their cases heard by an administrative law judge, and not by a...
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