Consumer Protection

Litigation, mainly under state and federal statutes, focused most often on breach of warranty and failure to warn.

  • The Recorder

    SF Judge Approves $1.2B VW Settlement

    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.

    1 minute read

  • National Law Journal

    'Echo Is Not Spying On You,' Amazon Lawyer Declares

    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."

    1 minute read

  • New Jersey Law Journal

    NJ Securities Bureau Eyeing Investment Firms

    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.

    1 minute read

  • New Jersey Law Journal

    Trump's Anti-Regulation Edict Bogs 'Natural' Food-Label Fight

    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.

    1 minute read

  • National Law Journal

    US Product Safety Regulator Sneers at 'Fabricated Outrage' Over Regulations

    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.

    1 minute read

  • The Recorder

    Devices, Drones, Data: What's Next in Torts

    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.

    1 minute read

  • National Law Journal

    SCOTUS Decision May Fuel Suits Against Banks

    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.

    1 minute read

  • National Law Journal

    CFPB, Online Lenders Spar Over Interest Rates, Tribal Law

    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.

    1 minute read

  • The Recorder

    Airbnb Settles State Agency's Race-Discrimination Complaint

    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.

    1 minute read

  • National Law Journal

    Need Help Fighting the CFPB? One Company Turns to Trump's Justice Department

    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.

    1 minute read

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