On June 20, 2025, Governor Greg Abbott of Texas signed Texas SB140 into law, significantly amending Texas’s telemarketing statute, which is part of the Texas Business and Commerce Code (“TBCC”). The amendments will take...more
7/15/2025
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Auto-Dialed Calls ,
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Facebook Inc v Duguid ,
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Telemarketing ,
Text Messages
In recent months, organizations have been dealing with an emerging wave of lawsuits from an unexpected source: the VPPA. The Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”), originally intended to prevent “wrongful disclosures” of...more
7/26/2023
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Data-Sharing ,
Defense Strategies ,
Online Videos ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Video Recordings ,
VPPA ,
Web Tracking ,
Websites
On June 25, 2021, the Supreme Court issued an important decision on Article III standing in class actions that will have a significant impact on the way class actions are certified - and will likely scuttle numerous ...more
7/27/2021
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Class Action ,
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Corporate Counsel ,
Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Credit Reports ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
iPhone ,
Privacy Laws ,
Ransomware ,
SCOTUS ,
Standing ,
State Constitutions ,
Stored Communications Act ,
TransUnion ,
TransUnion LLC v Ramirez ,
Unfair Competition
In a development one does not see everyday, named Plaintiff Douglas O’Connor has submitted a declaration blasting the settlement reached in the litigation bearing his name: O’Connor et al. v. Uber Technologies, Case No....more
Uber’s recently announced $100 million settlement to resolve the O’Connor v. Uber Technologies, Inc. class action, in which plaintiffs sought an order deeming them employees, rather than independent contractors, already faces...more
It was a mixed bag on the litigation front for Uber and Lyft last week following a string of decisions in class action lawsuits against these companies.
On Tuesday, April 5, the Ninth Circuit granted Uber’s petition to...more
4/12/2016
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Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Independent Contractors ,
Lyft ,
Misclassification ,
Misrepresentation ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Uber ,
Wage and Hour
In a ruling that Uber immediately appealed, the U.S. District Court overseeing class action litigation by Uber drivers seeking to be declared employees, rather than independent contractors, revisited his earlier ruling...more