Civil Litigation,
California Supreme Court
May 3, 2013
The final word: civil law developments in the state Supreme Court
A closely divided court decided that while the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act prohibits traditional retailers from collecting information the restriction does not apply to Internet retailers.
Stanley Mosk Courthouse
Joseph M. Lipner
Judge
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Harvard Law School, 1988
Bj Ard
Visiting Professor
University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
Email: bj.ard@yale.edu
Yale Law School
BJ teaches contract law and e-commerce.
Our state Supreme Court simultaneously preserves and develops California jurisprudence by evaluating earlier law in light of contemporary circumstances. In recent months, the court has concluded that the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971 does not prohibit Internet retailers from collecting personal identification information; invoked stare decisis to uphold a corporate appellant's ability to cure a notice of appeal that is defective for failure to pay taxes; and overturned its 19...
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