Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 406: Listen and Learn -- Defenses to a Crime
Voluntary Payment Doctrine
Making Effective Use of the Claims/Disputes Process
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 12 with David Simon and Bill Athanas on adding a compliance defense to the FCPA
On March 13, New York State introduced proposed legislation titled the Fostering Affordability and Integrity Through Reasonable Business Practices Act (FAIR Act). The proposed legislation seeks to broaden the scope of...more
In 2022 and early 2023, voting machine companies and the parents of school shooting victims won a string of court rulings against the media companies and personalities that had allegedly spread defamatory, viral lies about...more
Highlights from this issue include: Affirmative Defenses. The Second Circuit held the district court erred in certifying a class alleging ERISA violations because it did not consider Defendant’s affirmative defenses in...more
Last year the FTC mandated what an organization’s written cybersecurity program should include to avoid being deemed “unfair and deceptive” to consumers, and this year California consumers whose personal information is...more
On January 24, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a new policy regarding the prohibition on abusive acts or practices. The CFPB has clarified how it will define, supervise and enforce “abusive”...more
Earlier this month, in Plastic Surgery Associates, SC v. Cynosure, Inc., United States District Judge Denise Casper denied plaintiffs’ motion for class certification and allowed Cynosure’s motion for summary judgment on...more