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No Harm, No Foul: Statutory Violations and Consumer Harm

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"No harm, no foul" is a common saying. As it turns out, that saying is sometimes true in law. An important prerequisite for a lawsuit in federal court is that the plaintiff have standing to sue....more

Jenner & Block

Microplastics Can Lead to Big Lawsuits

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Microplastics are small plastic particles released from plastic products as they break down over time, and they are present everywhere in the environment . Although there is not yet conclusive scientific evidence...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

District of Arizona Denies Certification of Claims Against Defendant That Had Defaulted

A TCPA defendant in Arizona federal court recently uncovered what appears to be a previously undiscovered silver-lining to a default judgment: a denial of class certification....more

McGlinchey Stafford

Litigation Byte (March 2025 Edition)

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Delivered in digestible, insightful bites, McGlinchey’s Litigation Byte is a monthly roundup of financial services decisions and cases nationwide that impact your business. ...more

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Court Upholds Mass Class Action Opt-Out Permitting Individual Arbitrations

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No company would relish the prospect of defending against a class action lawsuit and thousands of related individual arbitrations at the same time. But following a recent federal court ruling, Google (and its parent company,...more

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Google Unable to Avoid Mass Opt-Out in Privacy Class Action

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Plaintiffs’ attorneys are continuing to aggressively pursue mass arbitrations in privacy litigation. The latest challenge came when Judge Beth Labson Freeman in the Northern District of California ruled last month that...more

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Pleading an Injury in Consumer Class Actions: Is It Enough to Just Say So?

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In recent years, businesses have faced an onslaught of consumer class actions challenging sustainability initiatives, environmental commitments, and ethical sourcing language. In our view, these lawsuits frequently rely on...more

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Greenwashing Lawsuit Against Lululemon Dismissed by Federal Court

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On February 18, 2025, Judge Bloom (S.D. Fla.) dismissed a lawsuit against Lululemon, the athleisure company, that centered upon allegations of greenwashing. Specifically, the plaintiffs here had contended “that Lululemon...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Act Quickly After Receiving a TCPA Subpoena

The discovery process is a crucial part of any Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) lawsuit. Oftentimes, important information and documents, such as consent records, will be in the possession of third parties. As a...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Python Bites Back: Counterclaims Based on Alleged Consent Survive Plaintiff’s Motion to Dismiss

TCPA defendants often assert, in either a motion to dismiss or answer (or both), that a plaintiff gave prior express consent to receive the calls or text messages at issue. But it is the exceptional case where a defendant...more

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With Consumer Protection Class Actions On the Rise, Is the Financial Services Industry in the Crosshairs?

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Lawyers or business people who feel they have been hearing about a lot more consumer protection class actions lately have good reason for that feeling. A recent report by Lex Machina, part of LexisNexis, highlights an...more

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5 Key Trends In Workplace Class Action Litigation For 2019: Trend #2 The Impact Of U.S. Supreme Court Rulings

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The second key trend from our 16th Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report involves rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court. Over the past few years, the Supreme Court has issued a number of rulings that...more

Hogan Lovells

International Products Law Review 2020: Issue 76

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We are excited to bring you issue 76 of our International Products Law Review with insights and updates on all aspects of products law. In this issue, we explore what businesses need to consider when making climate-related...more

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Ninth Circuit Provides Clarity for Settlement of Multi-State Consumer Class Action

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Class actions bring more complexity to litigating and settling cases, and it can increase substantially when the claims arise from multiple state consumer protection laws. In these cases, determining the applicable law(s) to...more

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