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The Legal Intelligencer

Third Circ. Clarifies Furnishers' Duties Under the FCRA to Probe Indirect Disputes

The court, in a straightforward statutory interpretation opinion, held that the FCRA did not give furnishers that same discretion because the statute's language did not provide it.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Divided 3rd Circuit Sides With FDA in Denial of Manufacturer's Application to Market Menthol E-Cigarettes

Third Circuit Judge David J. Porter disagreed with the majority opinion and penned a dissent, which argued that the Food and Drug Administration shifted its policy and "failed to give a reasoned analysis or detailed justification for the policy change."
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Meta's Legal Chief on Creating a Culture of Compliance: 'I Thought It Would Be a Big Challenge—and It Has Been'

"The closer you can be to the product development at the earliest stage, the more effective the work is," said Jennifer Newstead, chief legal officer.
8 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

No Lemons? Class Action Looks Closely at Biscotti

"Defendant's false and deceptive representations and omissions are material in that they are likely to influence consumer purchasing decisions," the complaint alleged.
3 minute read

Law.com

Merck, Glenmark Settle Zetia Antitrust Litigation for $70M, Including $23M in Attorney Fees

U.S. District Senior Judge Rebecca Beach Smith of the Eastern District of Virginia approved the final settlement agreement between a class of drug purchasers and pharmaceutical companies, Merck & Co., and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, which also requires the defendants to pay one-third of the settlement fund in attorney fees, or $23 million, as well as $3.9 million in costs—as requested by plaintiffs' counsel.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Will California Lead the Movement to Regulate Data Brokers' Privacy Practices?

California's Delete Act brings additional information governance and transparency mandates for data brokers, ones that may catch on in other states.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

FTC Urges Lawmakers to Restore Authority to Refund Consumers Harmed by Fraud

FTC's call follows a 2021 U.S. Supreme Court decision that the agency cannot seek monetary relief in claims brought under the FTC Act's remedial provision, Section 13(b).
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Interplay Between Common-Law Damages and Statutory Remedies Gets First-Time High Court Review

Justice David Wecht said the case poses an important question of "whether we find it legally incorrect to conflate these two species of damages."
3 minute read

Law.com

Sudafed, Benadryl and NyQuil Targeted With Class Action Alleging Inefficacy of OTC Decongestants

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

2 Multistate Settlements Affect Hundreds of Thousands of Residents

"Any financial institution with access to billions of dollars needs robust and redundant security measures. ACI's unauthorized withdrawals resulted in massive chaos and confusion, exposing consumers to overdraft fees," William Tong said. "Connecticut helped to lead this major multistate investigation and settlement, forcing significant penalties and strong security measures going forward to ensure this error is never repeated."
3 minute read

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