A California federal judge has refused to ax a putative class action accusing LoanDepot.com LLC of placing illegal telemarketing calls, rejecting the argument that the entire Telephone Consumer Protection Act was unenforceable between when Congress added an exemption to the statute's robocall ban in 2015 and when the U.S. Supreme Court found the carveout to be unconstitutional last year.
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(CHICAGO) The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reported 2,304 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday with 47 additional deaths. The new statewide numbers now show 1,130,917 total coronavirus cases with 19,306 deaths. In the latest report, over 1.9 million total doses of vaccine have been delivered to Illinois with an average of between 30,000 and 33,000 vaccinations being given daily throughout the state. Go online to dph.illinois.gov for updates, or if questions, call toll-free around the clock 1-800-889-3931.
(SPRINGFIELD) Illinois lawmakers will begin their spring session working remotely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.The State Senate announced yesterday that it will conduct committee hearings during the next two weeks by video conference to avoid in-person interaction which could spread the highly contagious virus. The State House has planned
Monday, February 1, 2021
A look at the most significant cases and stories in class and collective litigation last year, and the anticipated impact of these developments in 2021:
1. Pandemic-related class actions lie in wait
The COVID-19 pandemic was the most significant challenge employers had to reckon with in 2020, and COVID-19-related litigation continues to evolve alongside the ever-changing workplace. Although companies faced an onslaught of employment claims related to the pandemic and its operational and financial impact, relatively few of these were class filings.
According to the Jackson Lewis COVID-19 Employment LitWatch, there were more than 1,300 COVID-19 related employment complaints filed in federal and state courts in 2020; only 67 of those complaints were class or collective actions. However, multi-plaintiff lawsuits are expected to pick up steam in 2021, as the nation continues to contend with the most recent surge and the pandemic’s ongoing economic
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Attorney General Becerra Petitions Court to Ensure Consumer Protections Against Robocalling
In an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the attorneys general argue to protect the Telephone Consumer Protection Act
SACRAMENTO - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra joined a multistate coalition in an effort to stop companies from breaking the law with harassing telemarketing calls. In an amicus brief filed in
Lindenbaum v. Realgy, LLC, the attorneys general called on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to reverse a district court s ruling that a landmark federal law intended to stop telemarketing scams was unconstitutional and unenforceable for a five-year period ending in 2020.
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