Susan Fowler files amicus briefs to challenge class action waivers

Re:Susan Fowler files amicus briefs to challenge class actio... by gnicholas on Thursday August 24, 2017 @10:06AM (#15090196)

I was surprised to see the headline because I thought I'd missed the part where she sued in a lower court, the part where the case was appealed multiple times, and the part where the Supreme Court accepted the case.

Nope, should have realized it was a clickbait title. She's just filing amicus briefs, which is almost never considered newsworthy.

Edit: Title has been updated, thanks!

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Re:Susan Fowler files amicus briefs to challenge class actio... by chimeracoder on Thursday August 24, 2017 @10:27AM (#15090349)

> just filing amicus briefs, which is almost never considered newsworthy

While the title is rather misleading and I'd encourage the mods to change it, it's quite common for amicus briefs by groups (or, occasionally, individuals, though most relevant briefs are written by companies) known to HN to be on the front page. When the EFF or ACLU files amicus briefs on topics like the TPP or privacy-related cases, they commonly hit the top 10.

Binding arbitration is a common topic on HN, so it makes perfect sense to me that an amicus brief on a SCOTUS case about binding arbitration would be newsworthy.

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