In AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Company, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts held that a loose bolt or fitting that could be remedied simply by…
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/ Insurance
Last Monday, two former Chiefs of the New York Fire Department were arrested and accused of accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes for expediting the fire-safety approval process for building projects in the City…
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/ Criminal Law, Elections & Politics, Government Contracting
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US:
•Republican AGs Urge EPA to Block CA’s Clean Fleets Regulation…
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/ Consumer Protection, Environmental Law, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential, Transportation
PIP (partners' interests in the partnership) allocations are very commonly used in partnership agreements. For this reason, Investors and managers should understand the basics of PIP allocations and whether and when they should…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Taxation
A group of 24 Republican AGs submitted comments urging the EPA to deny California’s request for a preemption waiver for its Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation, which requires certain vehicle fleets to incorporate zero-emitting…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Environmental Law, Transportation
There must be something in the water or the plaintiff’s bar just had a conference where the keynote speaker addressed strategies for putting pressure on insurers by issuing time-limited demands (“TLD”) because we have been asked…
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/ Insurance
The CFPB issued guidance, titled Improper Overdraft Opt-In Practices, addressing whether a financial institution violates the law if it levies overdraft fees for ATM and one-time debit card transactions based on phantom…
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/ Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker announced via social media that her administration has reached an agreement with the Philadelphia 76ers over their proposed Center City arena. City Councilmember Mark Squilla (District 1), who…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Elections & Politics, Transportation
The CFPB settled with student loan servicer Navient Corporation and related entities (collectively, “Navient”) to resolve allegations that its unfair and deceptive service of student loans violated the Consumer Financial…
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/ Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
Pennsylvania AG Michelle Henry announced the launch of an online portal to report data breaches ahead of the effective date of recent amendments to Pennsylvania’s Breach of Personal Information Notification Act (BPINA)…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
District of Columbia AG Brian Schwalb settled with Curbio, Inc., to resolve allegations that it deceptively marketed and sold contracts for pre-sale home improvements in violation of the District’s consumer protection laws…
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/ Business Torts, Civil Remedies, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Real Estate - Residential
The FTC settled with Legion Media, LLC, KP Commerce, LLC, and Sloan Health Products, LLC and related individuals and entities to resolve allegations over unauthorized billing schemes for sales of CBD and keto products in…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology
On Wednesday, September 18, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker officially announced that her administration has reached an agreement with the Philadelphia 76ers over the proposed Center City 76Place arena, a significant…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law
The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) and its current President, Oregon AG Ellen Rosenblum, hosted the Presidential Initiative Summit earlier this month entitled America’s Youth: AGs Looking Out for the Next…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Cozen Lens -
· As undecided voters tune into the presidential race’s post-Labor Day sprint, former President Trump and Vice President Harris are rapidly unveiling new populist economic policy proposals in a race to…
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/ Elections & Politics, International Law & Trade