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Litigation, mainly under state and federal statutes, focused most often on breach of warranty and failure to warn.
By Ross Todd | May 11, 2017
Plaintiffs lawyers led by Lieff Cabraser's Elizabeth Cabraser intend to seek roughly 15 percent of the settlement fund, or $180 million.
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By C. Ryan Barber | May 11, 2017
Months after Apple faced off with the FBI over an order to unlock an iPhone connected to the San Bernardino shooting investigation, Amazon.com Inc. was thrust center-stage in its own digital privacy debate when Arkansas prosecutors demanded data from a murder suspect's Echo device. Amazon initially objected to the demands last year, only to later grant access after the suspect consented to the release of the data. Speaking Thursday at a Consumer Federation of America conference in Washington, an in-house lawyer at Amazon stated flatly: "No, Echo is not spying on you."
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By Michael Booth | May 8, 2017
The New Jersey Bureau of Securities is conducting its annual examination of the more than 900 registered investment adviser firms in the state, bureau chief Christopher Gerold announced on Monday—and for the first time asking about so-called robo-advisers.
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By Charles Toutant | May 5, 2017
Courts handling class actions are unlikely to get any help from the FDA over what the word "natural" means when it comes to food.
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By C. Ryan Barber | May 2, 2017
"While we hear a lot of fabricated outrage about the impact of regulations, there is far less genuine discussion about the real costs of a failure to act," Elliot Kaye, a U.S. Consumer Product Safety commissioner, said recently in voting with the majority to advance new regulations for table saws. Democrats still hold a majority at the product-safety commission, posing one block on the Trump administration's deregulatory agenda.
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By Ben Hancock | May 1, 2017
New technology means new types of exposure. Here's a guide to some of the litigation risks posed by driverless cars, connected devices, drones and data troves.
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By Tony Mauro | May 1, 2017
A mixed-bag ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gives ammunition to both sides in litigation between cities and banks over the impact of predatory lending practices on local communities.
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By Stephanie Forshee | April 27, 2017
The CFPB has filed a suit against several online lenders, accusing them of charging illegally high interest rates and violating consumer protection laws.
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By Cheryl Miller | April 27, 2017
Airbnb Inc. will institute anti-bias training for its employees and track how often guests of color are denied short-term rentals under terms of an agreement with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing announced Thursday.
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By C. Ryan Barber | April 27, 2017
Ocwen Financial Corp., the mortgage loan servicer fighting a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lawsuit, has turned to an unlikely source for help: the U.S. Justice Department. In a federal court filing styled as a motion "to invite the views of the attorney general of the United States," the company on Wednesday took the remarkable step of asking the Justice Department to weigh in on the side of a corporation fighting another federal agency.
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GlobeSt. Women of Influence Conference celebrates the women who drive the commercial real estate industry forward.
The New York Law Journal honors attorneys and judges who have made a remarkable difference in the legal profession in New York.
The African Legal Awards recognise exceptional achievement within Africa s legal community during a period of rapid change.
Columbia Law School seeks an experienced lawyer with a background in criminal defense and a strong interest in community lawyering and clini...
WittKieffer is proud to partner with Mom's Meals in the search for their Director of Legal Affairs. Mom's Meals is an investor-owned compan...
Nutley Law firm concentrating in plaintiff's personal injury for plaintiff seeks an Attorney with three or more years of experience in New J...