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Troutman Pepper Locke

Ninth Circuit Mandates Arbitration in Millionaire Match Case: Emphasizes Totality of Circumstances in Online Contract Formation

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In a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the court reversed a district court’s ruling and compelled arbitration in the case of Massel v. Successfulmatch.com dba Millionaire Match. The appellate...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Thoughtful Presentations of Terms of Use Crucial for Enforceability

Many online services feature comprehensive terms of use intended to protect their business from various types of risks. While it is often the case that a great deal of thought goes into the creation of those terms, frequently...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Browsewrap Terms Enforced Due to Customer Knowledge of Existence of Terms

Last month, a California district court granted a web-based service’s motion to compel arbitration of a putative class action brought by a user whose personal information was allegedly accessed in a massive 2016 data breach...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

You Have the Right to Defend Your Business Model: Court Allows Online Lead Generator to Intervene in Putative TCPA Class Action

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Online lead generation is huge business, and present across all manner of consumer industries including lending, home services, insurance, healthcare – you name it. By the time these leads reach the caller, a consumer will...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Website Design Implicated in Two Rulings on Enforceability of Online Terms – Highlights the Importance of Legal Review of Design...

This past summer, we wrote about two instances in which courts refused to enforce website terms presented in browsewrap agreements. As we noted, clickthrough agreements are generally more likely to be found to be enforced. ...more

Carlton Fields

Seventh Circuit Holds No Agreement Entered Into With Respect To On-Line Contract

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This case arises from an appeal from an Illinois federal district court, which ruled that TransUnion, a credit reporting agency, did not give a putative class of its website users proper notice of an arbitration agreement,...more

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