Consumer Protection – May 23, 2012

by Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/15/2012

The CFPB’s participation in a memorandum brief filed by the Department of Justice in support of the constitutionality of a provision of the Fair Credit Reporting Act is the most recent example of the CFPB’s activist approach....more

by George Bourguignon on 3/5/2012

Do you want to know more about how or if you will keep all your assets in bankruptcy? Do you want to know ways to try and keep your assets, or maybe increase your chances? Then you may want to read this post that discusses...more

by Nicola Carmine Salerno on 1/12/2012

Lo sviluppo delle copie economiche dei farmaci off-patent e il bottleneck della distribuzione al dettaglio. Brevi riflessioni sull'Italia...more

by Dechert LLP on 12/30/2011

The Massachusetts federal court overseeing multidistrict litigation against 11 beverage companies, including Coca-Cola Co. and Del Monte Corp., alleging that their fruit juices contained trace amounts of lead, dismissed the...more

by Lawyers.com on 12/9/2011

Here are a several items we thought you’d find interesting. • Lawsuit says Delta lies about lost luggage liability limits. A class action lawsuit filed against Delta Air Lines says the carrier misleads customers about...more

by Kaiser Legal Group on 12/6/2011

Delivered to a national audience on December 6, 2011, in conjunction with the National Business Institute's Continuing Legal Education seminar (CLE) "Plaintiff's Guide to Dog-Bite Litigation." Mr. Kaiser will be...more

by Lawyers.com on 11/23/2011

This is part three of a three-part series. Part one and part two appeared previously this week. When Ronald Sanders’ wife died of brain damage in a hospital in 2005, he sued neurologist Iftekhar Ahmed. The doctor had...more

by Duane Morris LLP on 11/2/2011

The Electronic Funds Transfer Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1693 et seq. (EFTA), and its regulations promulgated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Reg E, 12 C.F.R. sect; 205.16, require, in relevant part, that banks...more