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Corporate Counsel

Watch What You Say (and Don't)

The FTC says companies must disclose compensation for online reviews.
3 minute read

The Recorder

New 'Yelp' Bill Proposed to Protect Online Reviews

East Bay Congressman Eric Swalwell introduced a bill, similar to a California law, that would bar non-disparagement clauses in consumer contracts.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Appellate Lawyer of the Week: Dallas Lawyer Saves Widow's Case at Fifth Circuit

Jack Peacock helped convince an appeals court that not all of his client's state law wrongful foreclosure claims against a bank were pre-empted by federal law.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

When Companies Know a Little Too Much About Customers

A technology company got into trouble with the Federal Trade Commission for having too intimate a portrait of its clientele's lives.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Kantor v. Hiko Energy, PICS Case No. 15-0644 (E.D. Pa. April 14, 2015) Savage, J. (18 pages).

By | April 28, 2015
The economic loss doctrine does not bar a fraud claim brought under the UTPCPL, or the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law. Defense motion to dismiss denied.
3 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Justices Take Class Action Over Publication of Personal Information

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it would decide next term whether consumers may sue websites and firms that publish inaccurate personal information even if they suffer no injuries.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Comcast Pulls Plug On Deal

Facing stiff regulatory resistance, Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc. on April 24 abandoned their $45 billion merger more than a year after the deal was announced.
5 minute read

Law.com

Wal-Mart, JC Penney Sued Over Bangladesh Factory Collapse

An eight-story building that housed garment factories in Bangladesh, collapsed on April 24, 2013, killing more than 1,000 people and injuring many more. This week, the victims and their families filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington against Wal-Mart and other retailers that allegedly sourced products from those factories.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Your LinkedIn Profile Is Not a Consumer Report

Some LinkedIn users recently sued the company because they couldn't get hired.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

10 Questions to Ask About Privacy in Marketing and CRM

Big data and the interactivity of digital marketing are powerful tools for marketers, but consumer data protection laws present heightened compliance and risk management issues when executing advanced advertising campaigns and consumer relationship management programs.
22 minute read

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