- Universities across the country have shuttered their campuses and moved classes online in reaction to the novel coronavirus outbreak, but may be the targets of class actions from students as a result.
- Public and...more
• The D.C. Circuit reviewed a 2015 FCC order that interpreted the TCPA’s prohibition against using automated dialing devices to make unsolicited calls to cellular telephones. The court set aside two portions of the 2015 Order...more
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Telecommunications
• The DOJ has streamlined its process for reviewing CAFA settlement notices.
• The DOJ will likely become more aggressive in reviewing class action settlements for fairness, reasonableness and conformity with DOJ policy...more
• A judge in the Northern District of Illinois held that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, 137 S. Ct. 1773 (2017) is applicable to personal jurisdiction...more