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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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Biometric Data Collection: A Significant Risk for the Real Estate Industry

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Biometric building access controls (i.e., “smart access” technologies) have become increasingly popular among residential and commercial property managers for the enhanced security benefits that these solutions provide. The...more

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Trans Union Settles for $15 million with CFPB and FTC Over Tenant Screening Reports

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A new enforcement action provides more detail on the expectations of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (collectively, the agencies) for the content of tenant screening reports....more

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Case Law Update Every Landlord in PA and NJ Should Know

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Cases involving property law rarely reach state supreme courts. However, two cases are pending before both the Supreme Courts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania – and every landlord in both states should know about them....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

[Webinar] So You Want to Be a Landlord? Rise in Residential Housing Class Actions - September 14th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

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This presentation will cover the recent spate of class actions being filed against landlords and property managers relating to tenant protection statutes, which include challenges to rent increases, late fees in residential...more

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Class Action Lawsuit Seeking Relief for D.C. Tenants Facing Egregious and Unlawful Living Conditions

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Earlier this week, Proskauer and the Washington Lawyers’ Committee filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of tenants of the Meridian Heights apartment building (“Meridian Heights” or the “Property”), against the owner and...more

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Not So Powerful: When a Compensatory Damages Award Becomes an Excluded Disgorgement

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Insurance coverage often turns on strange questions. The Eleventh Circuit’s decision this summer in AEGIS Electric & Gas International Services Limited v. ECI Management LLC, 967 F.3d 1216 (11th Cir. 2020), is one of those...more

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Update: The Federal Moratorium On Residential Evictions Faces A New Class Action

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A&B ABstract: The National Apartment Association, along with several landlords, has challenged the order of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) that imposed a nationwide moratorium on certain residential...more

Blank Rome LLP

COVID-19 Litigation Report – August 2020 #3

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Using timely research, Blank Rome’s COVID-19 litigation team provides a weekly report highlighting the latest cases and updates in key litigation areas, such as workplace claims, class actions, breach of contract claims, and...more

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COVID-19 Litigation Report – July 2020 #2

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Using timely research, Blank Rome’s COVID-19 litigation team provides a weekly report highlighting the latest cases and updates in key litigation areas, such as workplace claims, class actions, breach of contract claims, and...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

COVID-19 Litigation Trends, Issue 14

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This 14th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, showcases new and evolving trends. Employers are facing claims for both doing too much and too little in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....more

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Head’s Up: Increased Risk of Consumer Class Actions With Growing Trend of Local Restrictions on Reporting and Considering...

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On January 21, 2020, the Oakland City Council unanimously passed the Fair Chance Housing Ordinance (“FCHO”), which will restrict landlords in their ability to reject a potential tenant because of prior criminal history. It...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

The District of Massachusetts Declines to Strike FCRA Class Claims in McIntyre v. RentGrow, Inc.

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In McIntyre v. RentGrow, Inc., No. 18-cv-12141-ADB, the District of Massachusetts recently denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss or to strike class claims in a putative Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) action. The...more

Foster Garvey PC

OTA & Travel Distribution Update - Airbnb avoids liability for lease violations; Short-lived successes at Room Key; Hopper makes...

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The first installment of our weekly OTA & Travel Distribution Update for 2018 is below. A mix of stories in this week’s Update....more

McDermott Will & Emery

First Class Actions introduced in France by consumer associations (French version)

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Depuis l’entrée en vigueur le 1er octobre 2014 des dispositions de la loi Hamon introduisant une action de groupe en droit français, plusieurs actions ont déjà été initiées témoignant d’un vif intérêt des associations de...more

Carlton Fields

Apartment Complexity: Appellate Court Sorts Out Multiple Coverage Claims for Construction of Uninhabitable Residence

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In QBE Ins. Corp. v. Adjo Contracting Corp. (N.Y. App. Div. 2d Dep’t Oct. 29, 2014), an intermediate appellate court in New York confronted cross-appeals involving 15 different insurers embroiled in multiple lawsuits,...more

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