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Corporate Counsel

Subjective Aspects of FTC's 'Junk Fee' Rule Likely to Cause Legal Departments Fits

"I think this just opens the door to a tremendous amount of litigation," Clark Hill member Joanne Needleman said.
6 minute read

The Recorder

New Law Will Raise Dollar Caps on Limited Civil Cases, Small Claims

While supporters said it's past time to raise the dollar limits on smaller-scale litigation, opponents argued a new law will make it more difficult for some consumers to find attorneys who will take their cases.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

$15M Settlement Approved—With Nearly $5M in Attorney Fees and Costs

The suit claimed Altice advertised a "flat rate" of $29.99 per month for internet service, but smaller text said, "Additional taxes, fees, surcharges, and restrictions apply."
3 minute read

Law.com

Law.com Litigation Trendspotter: Lawsuits Target Associates—for Not Being Partners

Two recent lawsuits, both of which have achieved levels of success in court, sought to recoup losses allegedly caused by associates who were either underproductive or out of their depth.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Family of Man Killed in October 2021 Plane Crash Files Product Liability Lawsuit Against Textron

While no specific defect was identified in the complaint, it alleges that the plane suffered "a sudden and catastrophic mechanical failure" during its normal flight, "causing the aircraft not to perform as safely as an ordinary consumer would have expected it to perform during its flight on October 11, 2021."
4 minute read

National Law Journal

FTC Proposes Rule to Ban 'Junk Fees' in Effort to Protect Consumers From Hidden Costs

President Joe Biden calls the proposal his administration's "most comprehensive action ever to eliminate junk fees in industries and sectors across the board—across the entire economy."
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Plaintiffs in Class Action Over Avis, Budget Car Rentals Reduced to Preferred Members Only

"Where, as here, there is the potential for laws of all fifty states to apply to the class members, it would be impossible for the court to instruct a jury," U.S. Magistrate Judge James B. Clark III said. "The issues of conflicts of laws swallow the common issues between class members; thus, the nationwide class proposed by plaintiffs cannot proceed here."
5 minute read

Law.com

Overbilled by $695K: Judge Rules Lawyers Failed to Disclose New Fee Agreement Provisions to Client

A federal judge in Massachusetts partially granted summary judgment to a plaintiff who alleged that her attorneys overbilled her after successfully representing her in an underlying $10 million premises liability action.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Latest CFPB Report: Deceptive Practices by Auto, Mortgage Lenders and Medical Debt Collectors

The CFPB's most recent supervisory highlights report suggests that some familiar industry players can't seem to stay on the straight and narrow.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Attorney General Announces Multistate Settlement With Software Company Over Data Breach

Although highly sensitive data was exposed in May 2020, Blackbaud did not announce the breach or inform its 13,000 customers until two months later.
3 minute read

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