Jones Day Talks Health Care & Life Sciences: False Claims and Private Equity, and Rideshare Apps Race into Patient Transportation
Real Property Update - Trespass / Temporary Injunction: temporary injunction order premised upon a physical trespass onto property, which did not specify actions that constitute trespass, did not enjoin use of airspace over...more
On January 16, 2019, the Southern District of California dismissed a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) claim against Lyft because the plaintiff failed to support the automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) element of...more
Real Property Update - Reverse Mortgage / Statute of Limitations: as a matter of first impression, statute of limitations for enforcing reverse mortgage begins on date the note matures, notwithstanding earlier-death of...more
Yesterday, a class action was filed against the ride-sharing company Lyft for text messages it sent through its “Concierge” program in an alleged attempt to gain more ridership. Lyft Concierge is a program which allows...more
How Retailers Can Avoid Regulatory Scrutiny During Holiday Season - With the holiday season often accounting for one-third of a retailer’s annual sales, competition can be fierce. Tempting as it is to grab for every...more
D.C. Circuit Hears Argument on FCC Petitions - On October 19, Judges Srinivasan and Pillard and Senior Judge Edwards of the D.C. Circuit heard argument in ACA International v. FCC, which addressed several consolidated...more
Lyft Swerves to Avoid TCPA Claim, But Suit Continues - A Washington federal court issued a mixed decision for Telephone Consumer Protection Act defendant Lyft recently by allowing the suit to move forward on state law...more
Regulatory Whack-a-Mole: A Renewed Focus on Non-Hazardous Waste Recycling - Why it matters - In part due to a string of high-profile enforcements in multiple states, retailers by and large have evaluated the need to...more
After FCC Citation for TCPA Violations, Lyft Changes Terms of Service - Less than a week after the Federal Communications Commission cited Lyft for violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by requiring customers...more
Late last week, Lyft and First National Bank (FNB) were notified by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that they had violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) when they required users to opt in to...more
Companies that require customers to agree to receive autodialed marketing calls and text messages as a condition for using the companies’ services have been put on notice that they may be in violation of the Telephone...more
New TCPA Class Action Doesn’t Want to Make Friends - Ride-sharing company Lyft is facing a putative class action suit for allegedly violating the TCPA by encouraging users to invite their friends to join the service....more