News & Analysis as of

Telephone Consumer Protection Act › Employment Litigation

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1991 to protect consumers from unsolicited telephone marketing calls.  
Cozen O'Connor

Eleventh Circuit Goes It Alone by Prohibiting Class Representative Incentive Awards

Cozen O'Connor on

On September 17, 2020, in a unexpected challenge to conventional class and collective action practice, the Eleventh Circuit held that settlement incentive awards, which compensate and reward class representatives for bringing...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

2019: The Year Ahead For Employers

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

Labor and employment law saw a flurry of activity in 2018 as the Trump Administration’s deregulation and pro-business policies took effect across the country. State and local governments responded in a variety of ways to ...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Illinois Appellate Court Rules That Class Settlement Objectors Engaged In Fraud On the Court

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: Professional class settlement objectors can be a thorn-in-the-side for employers and class counsel attempting to settle class actions. ...more

Alston & Bird

Class Action Roundup: Winter 2018

Alston & Bird on

Where the (Class) Action Is - Welcome to 2018 and the latest edition of Roundup covering significant decisions and settlements from the last quarter of 2017. On the docket this quarter is another slate of cases covering a...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Dollars And Sense: Federal Court Refuses To Enjoin State Court Squabble Over Attorneys’ Fees

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: In a TCPA class action where final settlement (including attorneys’ fees) had already received final approval, a federal district court in California denied class counsel’s request to enjoin a pending...more

Carlton Fields

The 2017 Carlton Fields Class Action Survey

Carlton Fields on

The 2017 Carlton Fields Class Action Survey has just been released, and the findings reveal some unexpected trends in class action litigation, based on insights provided by 387 general counsels and chief legal officers at...more

Gray Reed

Texas Supreme Court Confirms Broad Scope of Anti-SLAPP Law

Gray Reed on

Back in late 2015, I wrote a five-part series on the Expanding Scope of the TCPA or Texas’ Anti-SLAPP law. The Supreme Court of Texas confirmed our analysis last week with its decision in the ExxonMobil v. Coleman confirming...more

7 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide