May 12, 2016 With a jury trial scheduled to begin in just over a month, Led Zeppelin, their music publisher and record label continue to feud with the estate of a founding member of the rock band Spirit over the allowance of expert depositions in a copyright infringement case surrounding the song “Stairway to Heaven.” […]
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May 11, 2016 Last Tuesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB” or “Bureau”) proposed new rules that would regulate the consumer arbitration agreements of certain financial product and service providers. Are your arbitration agreements compliant?
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May 10, 2016 A class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin last Thursday morning, alleging that Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. (“Caribou”) violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) by sending unsolicited text message advertisements without obtaining the prior express written consent to do so. The
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May 9, 2016 This January, we reported on a proposed class action sweepstakes lawsuit filed on behalf of all runners who entered the New York City Marathon’s (“Marathon”) general entry drawing (“Drawing”) between 2010 and 2015. Last month, two of the named plaintiffs voluntarily withdrew their claims against the Marathon’s organizer and operator – New
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May 5, 2016 Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed suit against several related companies in connection with a nationwide campaign of deceptive magazine and newspaper marketing and solicitation practices. What are the nature of the allegations that the FTC has made in its deceptive marketing lawsuit?
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May 3, 2016 Last week, two putative class action complaints were filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and the Northern District of California, respectively, alleging that the Quaker Oats Company, as well as its parent company PepsiCo, Inc. (collectively, “Quaker Oats”), falsely advertise Quaker Oats brand oat
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May 3, 2016 Last week, two separate class action complaints were filed in a Chicago federal court against Donald Trump’s official campaign committee: Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. (“Trump for President”). Both lawsuits claim that Trump for President’s text message marketing practices violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). How does the TCPA create
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April 29, 2016 A federal judge on Tuesday sided with the Federal Trade Commission in finding Amazon liable for charging many customers for unauthorized in-app purchases made by their children, providing a significant boost to the commission’s ability to police data collection and privacy practices that it deems to be unfair. In his ruling, U.S.
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