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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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California Private Attorneys’ General Act (PAGA) Receives Significant Overhaul

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California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation into law, which codifies significant reforms to the Private Attorneys’ General Act (PAGA). The emergency legislation, which is effective on the date of the Governor’s...more

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PAGA Reforms Usher in a New Era of California Wage and Hour Litigation

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On July 1, following the California Legislature’s unanimous passage, Governor Newsom signed SB-92 and AB-2288, which drastically reform California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). Most of the reforms apply to civil...more

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Georgia joins growing list of states with “mini-TCPAs”

On May 6, 2024, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law SB 73, which amends Georgia’s existing telemarketing laws, officially adding Georgia to the growing patchwork of states across the country that have introduced their...more

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Revised Georgia Telemarketing Law Takes Effect On July 1, 2024

On May 6, 2024, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed Senate Bill 73 (“SB 73”) into law. SB 73 amends Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia (“OCGA”), Georgia’s telemarketing law, with the goal of curbing the proliferation of...more

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New Jersey Supreme Court Grants Leave to Appeal Decision Interpreting Wage and Hour Amendments

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The New Jersey Supreme Court recently granted a defendant-employer’s motion for leave to appeal an Appellate Division decision interpreting the 2019 amendments (the “Amendments”) to the Wage and Hour Law (“WHL”) and the Wage...more

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As Florida reins in its mini-TCPA, Washington state expands its own

On May 25, 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a significant amendment to the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act (Fla. Stat. § 501.059), sometimes referred to as the Florida mini-Telephone Consumer Protection Act...more

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Florida Limits Its Telemarketing Law, but Other State Laws Continue to Gain Traction

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Last month, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the much-anticipated amendment to the Florida Telemarketing Solicitation Act (FTSA) into law, significantly limiting the ability of private plaintiffs to file telemarketing...more

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Florida Adopts Changes to the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act

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Last month, Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed into law amendments to the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act (FTSA) that scale back the scope and reach of the statute, bringing it in line with federal TCPA standards and...more

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[Webinar] Automatic Renewal Laws: Everything to Know About the Surge in Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement - April 18th, 11:00...

Automatic Renewal Laws (ARLs)—statutes governing continuity programs and automatically renewing contracts—have proliferated throughout the United States since 2010. Companies that offer automatic renewal programs face an...more

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Potentially Expanded Private Right of Action Increases Risk of Class Action Exposure Under the California Consumer Privacy Act

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Looking Back - the California Consumer Privacy Act, and How We Got Here - As companies were getting up-to-speed on the effects of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) last year, California quickly...more

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Australian Federal Court Reforms Class Actions Settlement Practice

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A number of Federal Court of Australia judgments in the first half of 2018 have adopted or raised reforms to the mandatory approval process for class action settlements. The reforms mean that the class action settlement...more

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California PAGA Amendments Will Expand Labor Officials’ Involvement in PAGA Claims

On June 15, 2016, the California Legislature approved Governor Jerry Brown’s budget. As part of the budget, the Legislature passed SB 836. Included as part of this 96-page budget “trailer bill” are a number of amendments to...more

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First Circuit and FTC Address Definitions of “PII,” While Michigan Amends Privacy Law to Remove Statutory Damages

On April 29, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit handed down its widely anticipated opinion in Yershov v. Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc., in which it expanded the reach of the Video Privacy...more

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Financial Services Weekly News Roundup - January 2015 #4

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The CFTC Exercises Expanded Jurisdiction Over Retail Transactions in Physical Commodities. Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 amended the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) to add new authority over certain leveraged,...more

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