Consumer Protection Legal News Coverage

The Recorder

By | April 06, 2017

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National Law Journal

'Time Flies When You're Having Fun,' CFPB's Cordray Tells Republicans

By C. Ryan Barber | April 06, 2017

Republicans on Wednesday seized on their first chance chance to confront CFPB Director Richard Cordray since the November election, stepping up their calls for the director to be fired or to step down willingly—perhaps to pursue his rumored interest in the Ohio governor's race. Cordray's appearance on Capitol Hill was also the first since an appeals court, ruling for the mortgage lender PHH Corp., said the CFPB's single-director scheme is unconstitutionally structured.

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National Law Journal

'Time Flies When You're Having Fun,' CFPB's Cordray Tells Republicans

By C. Ryan Barber | April 05, 2017

Republicans on Wednesday seized on their first chance chance to confront CFPB Director Richard Cordray since the November election, stepping up their calls for the director to be fired or to step down willingly—perhaps to pursue his rumored interest in the Ohio governor's race. Cordray's appearance on Capitol Hill was also the first since an appeals court, ruling for the mortgage lender PHH Corp., said the CFPB's single-director scheme is unconstitutionally structured.

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New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Supreme Court to Decide If Undisclosed Restaurant Drink Prices Can Be Basis of Class-Action Suits

By Michael Booth | April 04, 2017

A $9 Mojito or an $8 Margarita. Different prices for a beer served at a restaurant's bar instead of the same beer served at the table. When those price differences are not disclosed on a restaurant's menu, which often don't list drink prices at all, can those nondisclosures be the basis for class-action suits?

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New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Supreme Court to Decide If Undisclosed Restaurant Drink Prices Can Be Basis of Class-Action Suits

By Michael Booth | April 04, 2017

A $9 Mojito or an $8 Margarita. Different prices for a beer served at a restaurant's bar instead of the same beer served at the table. When those price differences are not disclosed on a restaurant's menu, which often don't list drink prices at all, can those nondisclosures be the basis for class-action suits?

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The Legal Intelligencer

Brown v. Rita's Water Ice Franchise Co. LLC, PICS Case No. 17-0454 (E.D.Pa. March 16, 2017) Savage, U.S.D.J. (28 pages).

By | April 04, 2017

Counsel were not entitled to a one-third fee from a class-action settlement fund where the settlement occurred early in litigation, and where counsel performed a significant amount of duplicative and unnecessary work. Motion for fees and expenses granted in part and modified in part.

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The Recorder

Federal Judge OKs $25 Million Trump U Settlement

By Amanda Bronstad | March 31, 2017

The deal resolves several lawsuits that the president once claimed he would never settle.

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New Jersey Law Journal

J.Crew Cleared in TCCWNA E-Commerce Suit

By Charles Toutant | March 30, 2017

A federal judge ruled the plaintiff failed to plead injuries when purchasing items online or using the company's website.

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National Law Journal

CFPB's Richard Cordray Touts 'Rules of the Road' at US Chamber Event

By C. Ryan Barber | March 30, 2017

CFPB director Richard Cordray, speaking on Thursday at a U.S. Chamber event in Washington, defended the consumer agency against an oft-made charge: That the Obama-era bureau engages in "regulation by enforcement."

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The Legal Intelligencer

State AGs Secure Groundbreaking Environmental Settlement With Volkswagen

By Amanda Bronstad | March 30, 2017

The settlement is part of a multistate agreement under which Volkswagen has agreed to resolve environmental claims based on its installation of “defeat devices” in its diesel vehicles to skirt emissions tests.

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