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Daily Business Review

Litigators Weigh In After Surfside Condo Collapse Triggers Call for Enhanced Building Inspections

"As litigators, we're looking to see what the causes are for the failure, and based on that, who do you point the finger to?" said David Hawthorne, a partner at Pathman Schermer Tandy in Miami.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

FTC Claims Genetic Testing Company Publicly Exposed Health Data

"Companies that try to change the rules of the game by re-writing their privacy policy are on notice," Samuel Levine, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in a statement Friday.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY State Legislature to Dramatically Expand Power of Plaintiffs' Bar

The New York State Legislature is fast tracking A.7138 and S.795, a pair of bills expected to radically expand the power of the plaintiffs' bar and the New York Attorney General to punish unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices. The authors write "perhaps the most poignant criticism is that the bills set out to fix a problem that does not exist."
8 minute read

Law.com

First Circuit Sides With Vitamin Shoppe: Plaintiffs' State Law Claims Against Glutamine Supplement Preempted by Federal Law

"In sum, because the contested statements about glutamine on Vitamin Shoppe's labels describe glutamine's effect on the human body's structure or function or explain how glutamine maintains that structure or function, they are structure/function claims under § 343(r)(6)(A)," First Circuit Judge Silvia Carreño-Coll wrote.
7 minute read

Law.com

Federal Suit Allowed to Proceed Against Renovation Company Following 'Release of Lead Paint Residue' in Family's Home

The Menericks sought damages for the counts in relation to the renovation and restoration of their nearly 200-year-old Abingdon, Virginia, home, alleging that Salem Heritage, which was originally hired to renovate and restore windows at the house, did not disclose that they were not licensed to work in Virginia, nor did they disclose that they were not possess the requisite lead certifications.
5 minute read

Law.com

Albertsons and Safeway Hit With Consumer Class Action Over Allegedly Bogus BOGO Sales

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

Corporate Counsel

State Attorneys General Flexing Muscles, Posing Growing Risk to Legal Departments

"When acting together, they're another FTC but maybe even worse," said Lori Kalani, co-chair of the state attorneys general practice at Cozen O'Connor.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

SEC Lawsuit Clears Way for Attorney's Federal Class Action in Miami Against Binance

The class action lawsuit in which a Florida attorney alleged that his "hundreds of clients" sustained damages that amounted to "hundreds of millions of dollars," is one result from the fallout of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit against Binance.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Class Actions Are on the Rise, Driven by Antitrust, Shareholder, Disability Suits

The eight class actions filed in New Jersey from May 29 to June 4 represent the biggest one-week crop of filings in 2023, breaking the previous record of six class actions filed the week of April 24.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Policyholder Claims Progressive Undervalues 'Total Loss' Claimants' Vehicles

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

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