By Ross Todd | August 12, 2019
The California Supreme Court has revived a lawsuit bankruptcy lawyer Robert White filed against online payment company Square Inc., holding that "visiting a website with intent to use its services is, for purposes of standing, equivalent to presenting oneself for services at a brick-and-mortar store."
By Zach Schlein | August 9, 2019
The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration and the Florida Department of Children and Families were named in a putative class action lawsuit accusing the organizations of abridging federal law and the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution by improperly stripping Florida residents of Medicaid benefits.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 9, 2019
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld certification of a class of Illinois users who claim Facebook's facial recognition violates the state's biometrics law.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 8, 2019
A federal judge appeared reluctant to reject a proposal for a "negotiation" class that could settle lawsuits over the opioid crisis.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 8, 2019
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld certification of a class of Illinois users who claim Facebook's facial recognition violates the state's biometrics law.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan | August 8, 2019
In their Eastern District Roundup, Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan report on several significant decisions, one of which granted a company’s application for a preliminary injunction restraining the Village of East Rockaway from placing certain restrictions on door-to-door solicitation; another dismissing copyright claims because of plaintiffs’ failure to meet the Copyright Act’s registration requirements; and the last granting class certification to diabetic New York City public school students seeking injunctive relief relating to an alleged failure by the City Department of Education to provide adequate medical care.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | August 7, 2019
"The vista view of this case is not pretty," Judge Thomas Ambro wrote in reversing approval of the class action settlement—which, in addition to paying data privacy groups with cy pres contributions to research best practices, paid class lawyers' fees and costs, along with payments to a few class representatives.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | August 7, 2019
The initial settlement paid data privacy groups with cy pres contributions to research best practices, class lawyers' fees and costs, and a few class representatives. Judge Thomas Ambro was critical of the lower court's ruling.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | August 6, 2019
The court upended a Delaware federal judge's approval of the class action settlement—which, in addition to paying data privacy groups with cy pres contributions to research best practices, paid class lawyers' fees and costs, along with payments to a few class representatives.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | August 6, 2019
"The vista view of this case is not pretty," Judge Thomas Ambro wrote in reversing approval of the class action settlement—which, in addition to paying data privacy groups with cy pres contributions to research best practices, paid class lawyers' fees and costs, along with payments to a few class representatives.
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