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New Jersey Law Journal

Judge Nixes TCPA Class Action Because Plaintiff Never Texted 'STOP'

A federal judge has dismissed a purported Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action against Kohl's Department Stores Inc. because the plaintiff failed to follow explicit instructions for stopping text messages from the company.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Berkeley Law Offering a Realistic Taste of Patent Practice

With instruction from two prominent IP litigators—and cameos from a real client, expert witness and PTAB judges—students in Berkeley Law's Patent Litigation II class are drafting and arguing petitions for inter partes review.
19 minute read

National Law Journal

Lawyer Spat Threatens Lumber Liquidators Class Action Settlement

Lawyers representing a plaintiff class made up of persons alleging they got sick from exposure to formaldehyde gas in laminate flooring insist they were cut out of last month's $26 million class action settlement with Lumber Liquidators and want a federal judge to reject the deal.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Wal-Mart FCPA Settlement Offers Big Lessons for GCs About Bribery

The bribery case that has plagued the world's largest retailer has provided some teachable moments for GCs.
19 minute read

Corporate Counsel

How Wal-Mart Avoided a Record Fine but Still Paid Dearly

Wal-Mart's new FCPA payout might not be huge, but the massive retailer has still racked up plenty of expenses around fixing its foreign bribery problems.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Wal-Mart Reserves $283 Million To Settle Mexico FCPA Case

The dollar figure doesn't put this among the top 10 highest FCPA penalties, but costs behind the scenes were still high for Wal-Mart.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Melon Mishap Splatters Walmart with $7.5M Negligence Award

A Phenix City jury slapped Wal-Mart with a $7.5M verdict, including $5M in punitive damages, after finding the store negligent for injuries a customer sustained when he fell after retrieving a watermelon from a large box on a pallet.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Atlanta Real Estate Brokerage at Center of Kickback Claims by Texas-based Mattress Firm

An Atlanta real estate brokerage and one of its top executives face claims that they unjustly enriched themselves and two Mattress Firm executives through a massive, long-running kickback scheme that allegedly defrauded Mattress Firm of millions.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Law Profs Serve Up a Slice of Cake Shop SCOTUS Case for the Kids

Georgia State University law school professor Tanya Washington and Emory University law school professor Barbara Woodhouse speak of the constitutional rights of children to be free from discrimination in an amicus they co-authored.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Toys 'R' Us Loses GC After Less Than 1 Year, Amid Bankruptcy

Former GC Cornell Boggs has left the toy retailer and will be replaced by James Young, who has been with the company for a decade.
6 minute read

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