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09.18.18

Price Gouging Alert for the Carolinas

Last week, Hurricane Florence made landfall.


09.13.18

Marking the Decade Since Lehman’s Collapse

At this ten-year anniversary of the Sept. 15, 2008, failure of investment banking giant Lehman Brothers, it’s time to take stock.


09.13.18

Federal Reserve Hits Bank With $8.6M Fine

Offering a cautionary tale to banks, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve fined a national bank $8.6 million for the improper execution of residential mortgage-related documents while a 2011 Consent Order was in place.


09.13.18

Sixth Circuit: Death, Taxes and TCPA Claims

A Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) claim survives the death of the plaintiff, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit has ruled, declaring the statute is “remedial” in nature and not penal.


09.13.18

Class Certification Comes Unglued in Case Against Krazy Glue

The court unglued the plaintiff’s motion to certify a statewide class in a slack fill action against the makers of Krazy Glue, granting the defendant’s motion to deny certification.  


09.13.18

Ninth Circuit Affirms Illegality of Tribe’s Online Gambling Site

An online bingo site operated by a Native American tribe constituted illegal gambling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled, answering a question of first impression.


09.13.18

Dunkin’ Donuts Gets Burned by ADA Decision

In a plaintiff-friendly decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit sided with a blind man to find that his allegations of website inaccessibility were sufficient to move his Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) suit forward.


09.13.18

California Passes First-in-Nation Disclosure Requirements for Small Business Loans

At literally the 11th hour on August 31, the California legislature passed Senate Bill 1235 (SB 1235). 


09.13.18

California Legislature Cleans Up Privacy Law, But What Next?

After months of public debate and negotiation on privacy, the California State Legislature wrapped up the 2017–18 legislative session with a consensus privacy measure following on the heels of June’s California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA, or the Act).


09.13.18

Recent Developments in California Privacy Law

In August, on the last day for the California Legislature to pass bills, it passed Senate Bill 1121 to revise the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). The CCPA was signed into law in June 2018 and, unless amended, will be effective Jan. 1, 2020.