As this LA Times story explains, In a lawsuit that echoes the worst abuses of the foreclosure crisis, [California's] top law enforcement official is suing the nation's largest bank, accusing it of using aggressive and illegal tactics to collect credit card debt from thousands of California consumers. Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris on Thursday accused […]
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[Ed. note: Last week, we featured a guest post on ticket industry abuses, which mentioned a group called "Fan Freedom" and StubHub's support for the group. We now post this response from Ted Mermin.] by Ted Mermin [guest post] Thank you for the guest post on Ticketmaster's anti-competitive practices. Anyone who has tried to get a […]
As this CNN piece explains Credit agencies that rate Wall Street's big banks were blamed for playing a pivotal role in the financial meltdown, but those agencies are still being paid for their work by the very banks they rate. That was one of the root causes of the financial crisis of 2008, according to a […]
A little off-point perhaps, but this blog often provides information on Supreme Court advocacy and decisions, and so I thought our readers might be interested in this AP story about the lack of diversity among those who argue before the Supreme Court. Here's a short excerpt: In roughly 75 hours of arguments at the Supreme […]
A victory for a plaintiff! The Supreme Court has decided Dans City v Pelkey opinion, unanimously affirming the no-preemption ruling of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. Here's the begininng of Justice Ginsburg's opinion, which sums things up nicely: This case concerns the preemptive scope of a provision of the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 […]
Good news: this morning the Supreme Court denied a debt collector's cert. petition in Convergent Outsourcing v. Zinni, a case Greg reviewed in detail last week here.
by Greg Beck As Brian Wolfman previously noted on this blog, the Supreme Court's holding in Genesis HealthCare v. Symczyk—that a defendant's settlement offer to a named plaintiff defeated certification of a collective action—was based on an highly questionable assumption: that a rejected offer of judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68 mooted the […]
by John Breyault, Vice President, Public Policy, Telecommunications and Fraud, National Consumer League Protect Music and Sports Fans from Ticket Industry Abuses When Beyonce recently announced her highly-anticipated “Mrs. Carter Show” tour, fans waited eagerly for the moment tickets went on sale. But at the magic moment, thousands of fans were disappointed to learn the […]
As Pro Publica explains, "In April 2010, the Department of Labor released a six-point test to help determine whether an internship in the for-profit sector qualifies to be unpaid under federal law. One of the key criteria is that the position must be of more benefit to the intern than of benefit to the company. Companies […]