By Charles Toutant | June 1, 2017
A consumer who is granted a refund for the purchase of her car through the manufacturer's arbitration program may reject that remedy and file a Lemon Law suit for the sole purpose of pursuing a fee award, the Appellate Division ruled Thursday.
By Jenna Greene | May 31, 2017
Of all the injustices crying out to be righted, slack fill ranks pretty low. But that hasn't stopped plaintiffs lawyers from bringing a flurry of cases against food and drug companies for under-filling their packaging, leaving empty, non-functional “slack fill” space. But not all cases are created equal.
By C. Ryan Barber | May 26, 2017
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces a new challenge in the Ninth Circuit over the Obama-era agency's structure. Uber's paying tens of millions to drivers in New York who were shortchanged on the amount they received for rides. Lobbyists prepare to ramp up a new fight against against the Obama administration's retirement-savings rules that put a new focus on client interest ahead of profit. And Google employees are sharing workplace complaints on an anonymous bulletin board. This is a roundup of regulatory and compliance news from ALM and other publications.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 24, 2017
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary McNeil PPC has agreed to pay 42 states $33 million to settle claims that it distributed contaminated over-the-counter drugs and unlawfully promoted those products, including a $1.04 million payment to New Jersey.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 24, 2017
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary McNeil PPC has agreed to pay 42 states a total of $33 million to settle claims that it distributed contaminated over-the-counter drugs and unlawfully promoted those products.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 24, 2017
Pennsylvania is set to receive $1.4 million from a $33 million settlement between Johnson & Johnson subsidiary McNeil-PPC and 42 states over claims that the company distributed contaminated over-the-counter drugs and unlawfully promoted those products.
By C. Ryan Barber | May 24, 2017
The D.C. Circuit's en banc argument in PHH v. CFPB was one of the hottest tickets in Washington on Wednesday. Here are some highlights from the 90-minute hearing over the constitutionality of the single-director structure at the President Barack Obama-era agency long in the crosshairs of Republicans and criticized by business advocates and financial companies.
By C. Ryan Barber | May 23, 2017
From the day it was born out of the Dodd-Frank reforms, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has faced questions over the constitutionality of its independent, single-director structure. On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will take a step toward providing an answer, as a full panel of 11 judges will hear arguments in the mortgage provider PHH Corp.'s appeal of a $109 million penalty. Here are seven things to know.
By Marcia Coyle | May 23, 2017
A lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's order that agencies eliminate two existing regulations for each new one will go forward despite the U.S. Justice Department's effort to end it quickly on procedural grounds.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 23, 2017
Target agrees to pay more than $18 milliion nationally for the loss of customer information in a large-scale 2013 data breach.
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