December 2014

False Advertising Class Action Against Shell Oil Fueled by Federal Court

December 8, 2014 The United States District Court for the District of Oregon recently denied a motion to dismiss a putative nationwide class action brought against Shell Oil for alleged breach of contract, false advertising and an array of state consumer protection allegations. In the action captioned Kearney v. Equilon Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Shell Oil […]

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Domino’s Pizza and Mobile Marketer Face TCPA Class Action

December 5, 2014 On November 30, 2014, a class action complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Domino’s Pizza, LLC (“Domino’s”) and mobile marketer MoGreet, Inc. (“MoGreet”) alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”).  Specifically, the complaint alleges that Domino’s and MoGreet violated the

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E-Mail List Management Agreements: Don’t Get Stuck in the Middle

The E-mail List Management Opportunity Website operators and other online businesses frequently amass a very valuable, targeted database of e-mail addresses in the course of operating their respective businesses.  Where permitted by the privacy policy (and the specific website registration consent language) associated with the applicable website or venture, that database can be shared by

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Monmouth Park, NJ To Allow Fantasy Sports Betting

December 2, 2014 Despite the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey’s injunction against the State of New Jersey concerning its sports gambling laws (or lack thereof), Monmouth Park has announced plans to soon allow for fantasy sports betting at its racetrack.  Although it is currently unclear how New Jersey’s fight to

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False Advertising Class Action Filed Against Fantasy Sports Site FanDuel

December 1, 2014 On November 20, 2014, a class action complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida against FanDuel, Inc. (“FanDuel”) alleging false advertising.  The claim concerns FanDuel’s advertised “free” “dollar for dollar” fantasy sports bonus promotion.  The advertised bonus promises that FanDuel will match up to

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