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Since the inception of California's Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), claims filed pursuant to the statute's provisions have increased more than 1000 percent...

If there is one sustaining lesson as a result of the pandemic, it is that we can conduct the majority of our professional and personal business online.

Class action settlements can be structured in a variety of ways. Claims-made, common-fund settlement and a settlement involving automatic distributions from a common fund will have money left over after distribution. The return of residual funds is known as a reverter.

Fax marketing offers a valuable channel of advertising for telemarketers. While fax machines are not as ubiquitous as they once were, telemarketers can still take advantage of the benefits of ...

Following a widespread data event and subsequent cybersecurity litigation, last month a group of individuals ("Proposed Intervenors") moved to intervene and oppose preliminary approval a negotiated proposed settlement.

We previously wrote about the trend of SPAC (special purpose acquisition company) lawsuits filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery, with some combination of the post-merger entity, its board of directors...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that a single marketing text message alleged to have violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 ("TCPA") was sufficient for a plaintiff...

In another legal win for skilled immigrants and their American employers, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has settled a class action lawsuit challenging H-1B denials for market research analysts.

Today, companies often use endorsements and testimonials to advertise and market their products and services on both traditional and social media.

A recent class certification decision out of the Southern District of New York provides insights on how courts will analyze the requirements for class certification, at least at the initial stage...