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On May 25, 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation amending the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act (“FTSA”). The amendment is intended to reign in the proliferation of...

A lawsuit has been filed by East Palestine residents against Norfolk Southern Railway, seeking damages after the Ohio train derailment in Columbiana County.

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The en banc Ninth Circuit squarely rejected the de minimis standard, suggesting that a class containing some, or even a great many, uninjured class members may qualify for class treatment, court’s decision resembles the oft-criticized certify now, worry later approach.

In a putative class action sure to sour the taste in some manufacturers' mouths, an Illinois consumer alleges that naturally flavored water with a "Twist of Lemon" misrepresents the amount of real lemon...

This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between October 2021 and January 2022.

In this month’s edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the FTC’s changes to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act’s Safeguards Rule and the CFPB’s order requiring six tech...

Image: Unsplash The operations of Louis Vuitton’s distribution center in Ontario, California are at the center of a newly-filed lawsuit, one in which a former employee claims that he – and hundreds of others – engaged in work-related tasks off-the-clock, such as pre-shift temperature checks, and pre- and post-shift security checks, but were not compensated for the time required to do so. As a result, Troy Crossley asserts in the complaint that he filed in a fede...

Court of Chancery Orders Production of Emails, Denies Production of Privileged Communications in Books and Records Action Emps.’ Ret. Sys. of R.I. v. Facebook, Inc., C.A. No. 2020-0085-JRS (Del. Ch. Feb. 10, 2021) In a post-trial opinion, Vice Chancellor Joseph R. Slights III granted a stockholder’s request to inspect directors’ nonprivileged electronic communications, including emails, concerning settlement negotiations for the purpose of investigating whether Facebook overpaid in the se...