In recent years, public interest organizations have increasingly turned to the District of Columbia’s Consumer Protection Procedures Act (CPPA) to bring legal challenges against companies over their public environmental and...more
A wave of class action lawsuits targeting influencer marketing practices has emerged in the first half of 2025, signaling what could be a popular trend in consumer class action litigation. With demands for substantial...more
6/17/2025
/ Class Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Damages ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
False Advertising ,
FTC Endorsement Guidelines ,
Influencers ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Retailers ,
Social Media
A growing awareness of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and the pervasiveness of microplastics have led to an uptick in litigation by private plaintiffs, nongovernmental organizations, and state attorneys...more
The US Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Department of Commerce, which overrules the longstanding Chevron doctrine that required federal courts to defer to administrative...more
7/9/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
Government Agencies ,
Judicial Authority ,
Life Sciences ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Relentless Inc v US Department of Commerce ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation
Spurred by a March 5, 2024 citizen petition to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a flurry of class action complaints have been filed claiming that drug makers failed to warn consumers about the presence of benzene in...more
Rising alarm over microplastics as pollutants has sparked significant attention, stirring public concern and regulatory scrutiny. While there is both a lack of standardized methods for measuring microplastics and no...more