A Cooley team led by partners Michael Sheetz, Brett De Jarnette, Ephraim McDowell, Will Pao and Marc Suskin earned a runner-up spot on The American Lawyer’s Litigation Daily Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs list for its representation of Activehours, which does business as EarnIn, scoring the team’s first win on a motion to compel arbitration among numerous class action lawsuits challenging early wage access services. Chief Judge Catherine Eagles of the US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina determined that all three plaintiffs had entered “valid online agreements” with the company, including arbitration provisions.

The Cooley team also included special counsel Jonathan Waxman and associates Amie Simmons, Allison Sherwood and Matthew Oliver.

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