December 17, 2014 On December 11, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a settlement with HCG Platinum, LLC and its related health supplement providers (collectively, “HCG”) concerning allegedly false advertising practices. The settlement is valued at roughly $10 million. The FTC alleged that HCG made claims concerning products that it sold which were either […]
December 16, 2014 The United States District Court for the Southern District of California recently granted preliminary approval of a nationwide class action settlement arising under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) in an action against insurance company Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. a/k/a Kaiser Permanente. Multi-Million Dollar TCPA Class Action Settlement In the
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December 15, 2014 Deceptive Marketing Claims Associated with Sensa In January of 2014, Sensa Products, LLC, its parent company, Sensa, Inc., and certain of its principals (collectively, “Sensa”), entered into a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) concerning what the FTC alleged were deceptive marketing practices and improper endorsements associated with Sensa’s food additive
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December 12, 2014 To end an unfair business practices investigation being conducted by 45 separate state attorneys general, Sirius XM Radio (“Sirius”) will pay a whopping $3.8 million into a settlement pool to be divided among the states. The attorneys general released various announcements of the deal, including that of the Attorney General of the
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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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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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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