Consumer Protection

  • A gym chain that allegedly used an “autodialer” to send texts to customers in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act has asked the Supreme Court to decide whether the Ninth Circuit erred by expanding the definition of “autodialer” to revive a putative class action against the company… Read this piece in its entirety at…

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  • A now-shuttered social media marketing company has promised not to sell services aimed at deceptively inflating users’ engagement stats, according to an agreement with the New York attorney general’s office that was described as “precedent-setting” when it was announced Wednesday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.  

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  • Several individuals who bought purportedly faulty Seagate Technology hard drives lost a renewed bid to pursue their claims as a class on Tuesday, with a California federal judge ruling they hadn’t shown the drives’ failure rates affected members of the proposed class in the same way… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • Archer Daniels Midland Co. on Tuesday dodged much of a proposed class action brought by two horse owners who alleged contaminated feed products harmed their animals, when an Illinois federal judge said most of the owners’ claims don’t have a legal foundation… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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  • Tinder will shell out an estimated $17.3 million worth of subscription features and cash to settle claims the company overcharged dating app users based on their age, according to a proposed agreement filed Sunday in California federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.

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