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Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights, Volume 2, Issue 12

TCPA CLASS COUNSEL LOSES MILLIONS: $60MM+ Class Recovery Looks to be Down the Tubes as Eleventh Circuit Finds No Insurance Coverage for TCPA Suit - "The policy at issue has an exclusion for claims 'arising out of'...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending April 23, 2021

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Real Property Update - Condo / Attorneys’ Fees: Condominium association that lost on counterclaim against developer was prevailing party on significant issues in litigation by prevailing on developer’s claims and was...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

An Overview of Damages Recoverable Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act

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Often, when faced with litigation, it can be difficult to assess potential exposure for defendants. While actual damages may be easy to calculate, treble damages, attorneys’ fee awards, and punitive damages significantly...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Illinois Supreme Court Adopts Expansive Interpretation of Standing under Illinois BIPA, Potentially Opening the Flood Gates for...

In a much-anticipated ruling, the Illinois Supreme Court recently held that allegations of actual injury are not required to seek damages under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA or the Act). The case is...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Actual Injury Unnecessary to Sue Under Illinois Biometric Law

The Illinois Supreme Court recently handed down its much-anticipated decision in Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment Corporation et al., clarifying what makes someone “aggrieved” and able to bring a claim under the Illinois...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Uncheck that Box

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Comcast has a policy in its Chicago region that permits a prospective customer to make a $50 deposit for internet service in lieu of a requirement to submit to a credit check. In Santangelo v. Comcast Corporation, 2018 WL...more

WilmerHale

Federal Circuit Patent Updates - August 2018

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Ericsson Inc. v. Intellectual Ventures I LLC (No. 2017-1521, 8/27/18) (Reyna, Taranto, Chen) Reyna, J. - Vacating and remanding the PTAB’s IPR decision because the PTAB erred in not considering portions of the petitioner’s...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

Thoughts on the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017

A fair amount of attention has been given in the legal media to the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017, H.R. 985, which has passed the House of Representatives and is currently under consideration by the Senate....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Proposed Legislation May Significantly Limit Class Action Litigation in Federal Court

Twelve years after he introduced the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) has introduced the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017 (“the Act”), which would significantly change the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Spokeo Argument After Removal to Federal Court Creates Double-Edged Sword for Defendants

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After the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robbins last year, many defendants have perceived the assertion of a standing argument as a potential panacea when confronted with federal statutory claims in which...more

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