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Ballard Spahr Submits Amicus Brief on Behalf of Banking Trade Groups in Important SCOTUS Arbitration Case

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On behalf of the American Bankers Association (ABA) and the Consumer Bankers Association (CBA), Ballard Spahr has submitted an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court in Coinbase, Inc., et al. v. Kramer, et al., No....more

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The CLRA Demand Letter Trap: How Plaintiffs Sidestep the Law’s Intent

The CLRA Demand Letter Trap: How Plaintiffs Sidestep the Law’s Intent - Almost every week, I get a familiar email from a company: “We just received this demand letter. What is it? Is it serious?”...more

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PLAUSIBLE: Court Holds Allegations of “Identical” Voicemails Sufficient Allegation of Prerecorded Call Usage

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The TCPA’s ban on “prerecorded or artificial” voice calls has often been applied to prerecorded or artificially-generated voicemails. Remains unclear to me whether that is the proper application of the statute– the TCPA...more

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Collective Redress in Europe: Comparing the European and German Framework

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The Situation: In 2018, Germany introduced a model declaratory action giving qualified institutions the right to raise liability claims on behalf of groups of consumers in a representative action. Once the court has issued a...more

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Germany Introduces Class Actions for Consumer Claims

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The Situation: The German Parliament has approved the Act on Model Declaratory Proceedings ("Act"), which introduces, for the first time, class action-style litigation for consumer claims. The Plan: The Act will give...more

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EU Class Actions in the Making

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The Situation: Currently, European law provides only for representative actions to stop or prohibit infringements of EU consumer law, but not for collective redress. As a result, significant differences exist in the...more

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German Government Releases Draft Act on Class Actions in Germany

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The Situation: As agreed in the Coalition Contract of the current German government, the Federal Ministry of Justice officially presented the Act on Model Declaratory Proceedings ("Draft Act") on May 9, 2018, after protracted...more

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Seventh Circuit Rejects And Lambastes “Worthless” Settlement For Class Of Subway Sandwich Purchasers

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In In Re Subway Footlong Sandwich Mktg. & Sales Practices Litig., No. 16-1652 (7th Cir. Aug. 25, 2017), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit overturned a district court’s approval of a class...more

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Dietary Supplement & Cosmetics Legal Bulletin | May 2017

Senators Call For Removal of Dioxane from Cosmetic Products - U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer (DN. Y.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (DN. Y.) have petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to prohibit detectable levels of 1,4dioxane...more

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