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New York Law Journal

Hart v. BHH, LLC

Fraud Claims Survive Under Economic Loss Rule's Fraudulent Inducement Exception
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Republicans Say They'll Move to Halt Consumer Watchdog Rule

Republican lawmakers have overturned more than a dozen regulations issued under President Barack Obama. Now, they're looking to do the same to a rule that would let consumers band together to sue their banks or credit card companies rather than use a mediator to resolve a dispute.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Damages May Be Sought From Investors in Abortive Fyre Festival

With the finances of disgraced Fyre Festival concert promoter Billy McFarland very much in question, major investors in the concert-turned-fiasco are facing unexpected scrutiny and potential liability for the money lost.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

The CFPB Wants to Create an Arbitration Database. Companies Will Hate That.

When the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau expanded its public database to include narratives of negative customer experiences, banks such as…
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Latest TCPA Decision Eases Path to Court for Consumers, Deepens Circuit Split

Solidifying a growing circuit split in the wake of "Spokeo v. Robins," the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held on Monday that a single unsolicited call to a woman's cellphone was enough harm for her to sue under the U.S. Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
16 minute read

Litigation Daily

Consumer Financial Protection Agency Kills Arbitration—and It Feels Good

In one of the more surreal actions to come out of Trump-era Washington, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday finalized a rule that bars banks, credit card issuers and the like from using arbitration clauses—the ones buried in the fine print of hundreds of millions of contracts—to block class actions.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

The CFPB Wants to Create an Arbitration Database. Companies Will Hate That.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's sweeping new run to curtail arbitration agreements contains a provision that would create a public online database showing arbitration documents and awards that are still permitted. Companies regularly raise reputational concerns about such databases. The CFPB noted that several industry commenters said the publication of arbitration records would lead "plaintiff's attorneys to bring more frivolous litigation generally."
4 minute read

National Law Journal

CFPB, Testing Trump and Republicans, Moves to Restrict Forced Arbitration

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday finalized a sweeping new rule banning arbitration agreements that prevent class actions against banks and other financial institutions, setting the stage for parallel legal and political fights over a regulation that Republican lawmakers will seek to overturn before it sees the light of day.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

One Call Is All It Takes for TCPA Suit, Circuit Says

Noreen Susinno didn't waste any time after she received an unwanted promotional voicemail from a New Jersey gym. After one call to her cellphone, she sued the gym in federal court for violating a law designed to curb unsolicited telemarketing calls.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Canale v. Colgate-Palmolive Co.

Court Defers Decision to FTC in Class Action Over Toothpaste Products' Whitening Claims
2 minute read

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