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Corporate Counsel

Challenges of COPPA Compliance and Protecting Kids Online

Two years after updates to a federal law protecting children using the Internet, companies are still trying to fully upgrade their compliance efforts.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Hughes v. The Ester C Co.

By | April 17, 2015
Consumer Claims As to 'Immune Support' Statements Not Preempted by Federal Law
2 minute read

Litigation Daily

Ninth Circuit Urged To Reject Class Action 'Shortcut' in Xbox Case

Microsoft and its allies want the appeals court to reconsider a ruling for a group of Xbox purchasers, arguing that the decision gives class action plaintiffs an unfair opportunity to bring cases back from the dead.
3 minute read

The Recorder

LinkedIn Fends Off Suit Over Reference Searches

The site's reference listings don't qualify as consumer reports under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal ruled.
2 minute read

Litigation Daily

Abbott, Abbvie Face Renewed Depakote Marketing Class Action

Finding the case was tossed prematurely, a federal appeals court on Monday breathed new life into a proposed class action accusing Abbott Laboratories of paying kickbacks to doctors and marketing the anti-seizure drug Depakote for unapproved uses.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Astiana v. Hain Celestial Group, Inc.

By | April 10, 2015
4 minute read

The Recorder

Lawyers Wary as California Supreme Court Eyes Arbitration

Times are tough for plaintiffs lawyers, who hope the court resists pressure to clamp down even further.
9 minute read

Law.com

Class Suits Over Job Applicant Credit Checks Headed to NJ

Three class action suits accusing crafts retailer Michaels Stores of failing to properly disclose to job applicants its use of their credit reports in employment decisions have been consolidated in federal court in Newark.
4 minute read

Law.com

Patchwork of State Laws Adds to Data-Breach Headaches

Businesses want a consistent and clear standard, says Morgan Lewis' Reece Hirsch, but the federal government probably won't be able to deliver one any time soon.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Paul Schmidt and Michael Imbroscio of Covington & Burling

After 12 years of litigation, plaintiffs in the Accutane mass tort can no longer claim the upper hand.
3 minute read

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