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Litigation Daily

IRS Hack Shows Feds Have Double Standard on Data Breaches

It's hard to square recent data security breaches by the federal government with the Federal Trade Commission's zealous prosecution of two companies—LabMD and Wyndham Hotels and Resorts—for cybersecurity breaches.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Groupon Shakes Off Suit Over Deal-Gone-Bad

A federal judge has turned back a suit that blamed the online discounter for $40,000 in property damage.
2 minute read

Law.com

Birth-Defect Suits Against Zofran Maker Pile Up

More than 30 lawsuits have been filed by parents alleging that taking anti-nausea prescription Zofran for morning sickness during pregnancy caused birth defects in their children including congenital heart defects, cleft lip and cleft palate.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

City's New Credit Check Law Is Unnecessary

Katharine Parker, Daniel Saperstein and Kelly Anne Targett write: The New York City Council has glossed over existing laws regulating credit checks, overlooked court decisions, and plainly disregarded the serious concerns raised by business groups in opposition to a measure prohibiting most private employers from inquiring into or otherwise considering credit history in hiring and other employment decisions.
8 minute read

Litigation Daily

Does This Bank Deserve a $35 Milllion Fine?

Citizens Financial Group failed to fix customers' math mistakes on deposit slips when the discrepancy was less than $25. Half of them lost money. The other half got free money, kind of like drawing the Monopoly card, "Bank Error in Your Favor."
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

A Bait-and-Switch Leads to a Sue-and-Win

Mr. S. was a 54-year-old veteran and former long-distance truck driver who was finally ready to settle down in one place. In early 2013, he found what he thought was the perfect Atlanta apartment.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Reversal Over Data-Breach Harm Has Neiman Marcus Crying Foul

The plaintiffs bar is heralding a federal appeals court ruling that could make it easier for victims of data breaches to sue, but defense lawyers aren't convinced there's a sea change in the law.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judge Certifies a Class of Thousands in Delta/AirTran Bag Fee Case

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten, above, ruled that the Atlanta-based suit—which accuses Delta of illegally colluding with AirTran to charge first-bag fees—will proceed on behalf of all U.S. Delta and AirTran passengers who since 2008 have paid to check their bags. Before that, first bags were checked for free.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Fort Lauderdale Companies Accused of Credit Repair Fraud

Two Fort Lauderdale credit-repair firms are accused of taking $500,000 from clients but never paying off their debts.
2 minute read

Litigation Daily

The CFPB May Be Unpopular, but Is It Unconstitutional?

It's hard to see Consumer Financial Protection Bureau head Richard Cordray, who comes across about as menacing as Opie Taylor on "The Andy Griffith Show," as “the very definition of tyranny.” But that's what lawyers at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher would have you believe in their constitutional challenge to the 4-year-old agency.
4 minute read

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