By C. Ryan Barber | July 21, 2017
The U.S. Department of Labor on Friday ordered Wells Fargo & Co. to reinstate a former branch manager fired for blowing the whistle on three subordinates who were opening new accounts for customers without their knowledge—the conduct at issue in the bank's $185 million settlement last year with federal regulators and the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office.
By C. Ryan Barber | July 21, 2017
The Trump administration is touting the number of federal regulations that are on the chopping block. Exxon Mobil Corp.'s suing the U.S. Treasury Department over a $2 million fine for violating Russia sanctions. The Federal Trade Commission's looking at Amazon.com's discounting practices. And financial regulators appear to be pulling back on a plan to restrict Wall Street bonuses. This is a weekly roundup from ALM and around the web.
By Juliet Linderman, Jason Dearen and Jeff Martin | July 20, 2017
In promotional brochures, a U.S. company boasted of the "stunning visual effect" its shimmering aluminum panels created in an NFL stadium, an Alaskan high school and a luxury hotel along Baltimore's Inner Harbor that "soars 33 stories into the air." Those same panels — Reynobond composite material with a polyethylene core — also were used in the Grenfell Tower apartment building in London. British authorities say they're investigating whether the panels helped spread the blaze that ripped across the building's outer walls, killing at least 80 people.
By Cogan Schneier | July 20, 2017
A nonprofit group represented by a longtime plaintiffs lawyer is challenging Mott's applesauce in a case that could be a sign of things to come.
By Josefa Velasquez | July 20, 2017
A tort-reform business group is pushing for a bill that would regulate the third-party consumer litigation funding industry in New York state, despite the end of the legislative session for the year.
By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | July 20, 2017
No Injury-in-Fact on Benefit of the Bargain Theory Based on Manufacturer's Omission in Absence of Affirmative Duty to Disclose
By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | July 20, 2017
Single Phone Call Was Sufficiently Concrete Injury for Standing Where Elevated to Legally Cognizable Harm by Act of Congress
By David Gialanella | July 19, 2017
A putative class action based on a collection letter's alleged misinformation about the debt's effects on credit rating is headed to discovery, thanks to a Newark federal judge's holding that the claimed "informational injury" is sufficient for standing.
By C. Ryan Barber | July 19, 2017
An appellate lawyer who is likely to figure prominently in the anticipated challenge to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's arbitration rule took aim at the new regulation Wednesday, saying it was "not rooted in reality" and showcased the pitfalls of insulating an agency from the political process.
By John Council | July 18, 2017
Joseph Onwuteaku will have to pay millions for violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and has been blocked from collecting against people he sued in Harris County.
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