The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | March 31, 2021
The ruling, which also rejected efforts to strike the class allegations and move the case to Texas, marks a departure from some rulings last year, which had found that class action claims against other airlines could not survive preemption under the Airline Deregulation Act (ADA).
By Katheryn Tucker | March 29, 2021
Boston Scientific Corp. reached a $188 million settlement with 47 states and the District of Columbia over deceptive marketing claims regarding surgical mesh products.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | March 26, 2021
Attorney General Josh Shapiro sued the defendants under the UTPCPL because together they allegedly "impaired the competitive process which deprived Pennsylvania landowners from receiving an acreage signing bonus and royalty which would have been competitive and fair absent the agreement to allocate territories."
By Marcia Coyle | March 25, 2021
"Ford has a veritable truckload of contacts with Montana and Minnesota, as it admits," Justice Elena Kagan wrote in Thursday's ruling.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | March 18, 2021
U.S. District Judge Yvette Kane made her ruling in a case where a cruise operator failed to turn over information about security policies until after the close of discovery, despite making representations that the plaintiffs had all relevant materials. Kane made no finding of bad faith.
By Charles Toutant | March 16, 2021
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act afforded no protection to the plaintiff because it does not apply to a medical bill, the appeals court ruled.
By Amanda Bronstad | March 8, 2021
A year after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down everything, federal judges overwhelmingly have sent the cases to arbitration, including those against Major League Baseball, Ticketmaster and LA Fitness. The rulings come as lawmakers in both houses of Congress have introduced legislation that would ban forced arbitration, which is prevalent in consumer cases.
By Amanda Bronstad | March 5, 2021
More than a dozen law firms opposed the proposed class action settlement, the second attempt by Bayer to resolve lawsuits while keeping Roundup on store shelves. Public Citizen and the American Association for Justice also filed amicus briefs opposing the deal.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Robert Storace | March 4, 2021
"Robocalls are more than just a nuisance," said Connecticut Attorney General William Tong. "They are a real consumer-protection and public-safety threat."
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Casey Alan Coyle and Nicholas F. Borsuk | March 4, 2021
Because the reach of the Consumer Protection Law is so vast, covering virtually every form of trade or commerce conducted with a consumer in Pennsylvania, practically all businesses across the commonwealth will be impacted by the ruling—from manufacturers to construction companies to banks to insurance companies to healthcare providers to mortgage companies.
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