In a 6-3 decision issued June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Chevron USA, Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984), which long stood for the proposition that courts are to defer to an...more
In a revised opinion issued September 8, 2022, an en banc panel of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed last year’s controversial opinion which potentially spelled trouble for debt collectors utilizing third-party...more
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Earlier this year, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit released the controversial decision Hunstein v. Preferred Collection & Mgmt. Services, Inc., No. 19-14434, 2021 WL 1556069 (11th Cir. Apr. 21,...more
On Monday, March 29, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed S.B. 72, which provides broad protections from liability for COVID-19-related claims against health care providers, business entities, educational institutions, governmental...more
In Johnson v. NPAS Solutions, LLC, No. 18-12344, 2020 WL 5553312 (11th Cir. Sept. 17, 2020), the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals upended what has become common practice in class action settlement by ruling that “incentive”...more
On December 11, 2017, Locke Lord obtained a dismissal with prejudice of a punitive class action. In Leones v. Rushmore Loan Management Services, LLC, No. 0:17-CV-61216-WPD (S.D. Fla. Dec. 11, 2017), the United States...more
In Reyes v. Lincoln Automotive Financial Services, No. 16-2104-cv, 2017 WL 2675363 (2d Cir. June 22, 2017), the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that the TCPA does not permit a consumer to revoke his or her consent to be...more