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Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain. 
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Court Affirmed Holding That Plaintiffs Did Not Have Standing To Sue Regarding A Charitable Trust

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In Dao v. Trinh, a group of five individuals who contributed money for membership in a religious community sued the person who they alleged misapplied their money for the benefit of a different religious community. No....more

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Two Cases Directly Impacting Insurers are Currently Pending Before the United States Supreme Court

Rulings by the United States Supreme Court profoundly impact insurers as businesses and corporate citizens. Additionally, decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court can also influence claims and policyholders' liabilities for...more

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Hot Topics in Products Liability Law: Split in Authority Regarding the Indirect Purchaser Rule as a Bar to a Products Liability...

There is an emerging trend in products liability law whereby a plaintiff styles a case as a RICO claim, but at its core the gravamen of the dispute is an extension of a products liability action. In a recent installment of...more

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Eleventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Exchange Act Claims Against Biomedical Company, Finding Plaintiffs Did Not Adequately Plead...

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On July 10, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a consolidated putative class action alleging violations of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the...more

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Do I Have Standing Under the TCPA? - McGlinchey Commercial Law Bulletin - July 11, 2023

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Standing- Dickson v. Direct Energy, LP, 6th Cir. Case No. 22-3394. In this putative class action, the appellant appealed the district court’s decision to dismiss his Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) claim for...more

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Silence as to Some Facts in a Complaint can be Golden

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A dispute between co-owners of a trampoline park in Asheville came before the Business Court, appropriately enough, on defendants’ motion to bounce plaintiffs’ claims regarding misappropriation of funds. In Bivins v....more

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Court Dismisses Post-SPAC Class Action for Lack of Standing

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On March 31, 2023, U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams of the Southern District of New York dismissed a putative securities class action against CarLotz, Inc. (CarLotz), and certain of its officers and directors on the grounds...more

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Fifth Circuit: civil RICO class action against Southwest Airlines and Boeing cannot stand for lack of Article III injury-in-fact

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Takeaway: Over two years ago, the Eastern District of Texas denied a motion to dismiss a putative civil RICO class action alleging an “overcharge-by-fraud” theory, where the class representatives appeared to have suffered no...more

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Potential Harm Enough For Class Action to Proceed in Data Breach Litigation

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The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has given new life to a putative class action suit led by a former employee of a company that suffered a ransomware attack, leading to her sensitive information being released onto the Dark...more

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Partner Had Capacity To Sue Other Partner For Breach Of Fiduciary Duty

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In Power v. Power, one brother sued the other brother for breach of fiduciary duty related to their partnership in real estate investing. No. 05-19-01557-CV, 2022 Tex. App. LEXIS 2926 (Tex. App.—Dallas May 3, 2022, no pet....more

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4 Important Class Cert. Issues From 2 Data Breach Cases

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Data breach lawsuits are challenging cases for plaintiffs. Assuming they are able to survive a motion to dismiss on grounds of Article III standing in the first instance, plaintiffs next bear the high burden of achieving...more

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Second Circuit Finds Risk of Future Identity Theft Insufficient to Confer Article III Standing in a Data Security Class Action

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On April 26, 2021, the Second Circuit considered—for the first time in a published decision—the question of Article III standing in the context of a data security case. In McMorris v. Carlos Lopez & Associates LLC, the court...more

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Commercial Division Denies Application to Enforce Stipulation of Settlement for Lack of Standing

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The Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution provides that “Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.” In terms of...more

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Second Circuit Addresses Critical Issue in Data Breach Class Actions: Article III Standing Based on Allegations of Future Misuse...

On April 26, 2021, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals decided the case of McMorris v. Carlos Lopez & Assocs., No. 19-4310, 2021 WL 1603808 (2d Cir. Apr. 26, 2021) and addressed one of the most critical issues in private data...more

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New Jersey District Court Rejects RICO Claim in BMW “Clean Diesel” Case Under “Indirect Purchaser” Rule

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On February 2, 2021, Judge Kevin McNulty of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey declined to reconsider his dismissal of a RICO claim in a putative class action against BMW and automotive part supplier...more

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Ninth Circuit Reverses District Court’s Ruling that Class Representative Had Standing to Sue Company with Whom It Had No Dealings...

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On July 23, the Ninth Circuit vacated the district court’s judgment in favor of the plaintiff in Bahamas Surgery Center LLC v. Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a class action that was tried to a $454 million verdict in April 2017....more

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Fraud class actions: Ninth Circuit vacates $24 million class judgment on standing and predominance grounds

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Takeaway: Class actions present significant risk, because a certified class exposes a class defendant to class-wide liability. Most defendants agree to settle rather than face the risk of a class verdict. But sometimes a...more

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E.D. Texas rules that fraudulent overcharge theory supplies standing for civil RICO class action

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Takeaway: To have standing to sue in federal court, Article III of the Constitution requires an injury in fact caused by the challenged conduct. Federal RICO standing requires a bit more: a RICO plaintiff must demonstrate an...more

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Eleventh Circuit Rules That the Mere Purchase of Dietary Supplements Allegedly Sold in Violation of the FDCA Is Sufficient, by...

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A recent Eleventh Circuit decision took a broad view of what type of economic injury is sufficient to confer Article III standing, concluding that two dietary supplement companies’ alleged violations of a federal statute...more

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False Claims Act: New Developments for an Old Law

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The past 18 months have been a (relatively) wild time for the False Claims Act - on the books since 1863. In FY2018 the Department of Justice obtained more than $2.8 billion in settlements and judgments from cases involving...more

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5 Patent Law Petitions to Watch at the Supreme Court

As the 2018-2019 Supreme Court term nears its end, several consequential patent law petitions still await certiorari rulings before the Justices recess for the summer, while other patent cases are scheduled to be briefed and...more

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Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending April 5, 2019

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Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Standing: bank cannot rely solely on its acquisition of prior lenderto prove standing where note was specially indorsed to prior lender - Certo v. The Bank of New York Mellon, No....more

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Court Rules Cryptocurrencies Can Be Regulated By The CFTC As Commodities

The regulatory landscape surrounding cryptocurrency continues to evolve. Most of the activity to date has involved regulatory enforcement actions brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and Commodity Futures...more

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English Court of Appeal Ruling Emphasises Need for Care When Launching Proceedings as Part of an International Litigation Strategy

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Commercial court litigation is often seen as a tactical weapon that provides a means to a greater end, in an international context the end perhaps being the securing of an English judgment that might then assist parallel...more

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Federal Judge Rules Virtual Currencies Are Commodities Under the Commodity Exchange Act

On March 6, 2018, Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that virtual currencies are commodities under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and therefore subject to the...more

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