Private Right of Action

Second Circuit Revives Class Action Over Frozen Bank Accounts

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/5/2013

On March 27, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit certified questions to New York’s highest court related to its review of a district court’s holding in two cases that New York’s Exempt Income Protection Act...more

Superstorm Sandy Is Causing New York and New Jersey Legislators to Reconsider Passing Legislation that Would Establish a Private...

by Melissa Brill, Kellyn Muller | Cozen O'Connor on 4/5/2013

Policyholders in New York and New Jersey presently have no private right of action against insurance companies for alleged violations of each state’s respective statutory claim handling guidelines – New York’s Unfair Claim...more

A Roadmap for Audit Committees in Meeting the Challenges Posed by Enhanced Regulatory Scrutiny Under the Dodd-Frank Act

by N. Richard Janis, Jennifer Sincavage | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 2/25/2013

Audit committees must aid management in navigating an increasingly complex regulatory framework. Two recent developments arising from the passage and implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act have led to further challenges for...more

Arizona Supreme Court Follows Central Bank: No Implied Private Right Of Action For Aiding And Abetting Securities Fraud Under The...

by Tony Caliendo, Michael Clyde, Todd Kerr | Perkins Coie on 2/25/2013

Earlier today, in a case titled Sell v. Sewell, et al. (No. CV-12-0211-PR), the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that there is no implied private right of action for aiding and abetting securities fraud under the Arizona...more

And After All That Work!: The Dreaded U.S. Supreme Court “DIG”

by Mary-Christine ("M.C.") Sungaila | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 2/8/2013

Originally published in The Washington Legal Foundation’s The Legal Pulse, on January 31, 2013. In the last days of the 2011 Term, fresh off its decisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act cases, the...more

Proposed New York City Law Would Be First in Nation to Provide a Private Right of Action for Discrimination Against the Unemployed

by Barbara Hoey, Jennie Woltz | Littler on 2/7/2013

The New York City Council recently passed a proposed law (Bill 814-A) that would prohibit employers in the city from discriminating against unemployed individuals. Although Mayor Bloomberg has promised to veto the bill, the...more

OIG Report On SEC Whistleblower Program: Praise, Suggestions & Conclusion That Private Right Of Action Would Be Premature

by Michael Graham, Steven J. Pearlman | Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation on 2/6/2013

On January 18, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released its report titled Evaluation of the SEC’s Whistleblower Program. The report presented a largely positive review of...more

Trade Secret Legislation May Increase Infringement Claims and Lead to a Private Right of Action

by Robert Parr, Armand Zottola | Venable LLP on 1/18/2013

Congress recently took new steps to protect trade secrets, which are generally defined as all forms or types of financial, business, scientific, technical, economic, or engineering information that the owner has taken...more

HB16 Would Make Significant Changes to Economic Development in Alabama

by Alex Leath | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/11/2013

Representative Patricia Todd (D-Birmingham) has introduced HB16, the Alabama Economic Development and Fiscal Accountability Act, for the upcoming legislative session that would make substantial changes to economic development...more

New Jersey District Court Holds Federal Procedural Law – Not State Law – Governs Private Actions Brought Under the Telephone...

by Dipesh Patel, Francis X. Riley, III | Saul Ewing LLP on 1/8/2013

Federal District Court rejects the application of New Jersey state law prohibiting private cause of action under Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") by concluding that the prohibition does not apply when TCPA claim is...more

Ringing in the New Year in 2013: California’s Homeowner’s Bill of Rights Law Takes Effect

by Yesenia Garcia Perez | Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/4/2013

Dubbed as the “Homeowner’s Bill of Rights,” on July 11, 2012, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law AB 278/SB 900 marking the first U.S. state to adopt into law the residential mortgage foreclosure reform principles...more

Ninth Circuit Holds Mortgage Servicers Have No RESPA Duty To Respond To Request For Loan Terms

by BuckleySandler LLP on 12/21/2012

On December 11, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that letters sent by two borrowers challenging the monthly payment due on their mortgage loan were not “qualified written requests” and therefore did not...more

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