What You Need to Know In a Minute or Less - As discussed in the first three editions of this Mass Arbitration series, little relief may be available once a company is caught in the mass arbitration trap....more
What You Need to Know in a Minute or Less - While the mass arbitration tactic has caused much consternation for defendants, the development of new rules and procedures to blunt the force of this tactic has frustrated...more
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS - As discussed in our 6 September edition of Litigation Minute, mass arbitration filings allow plaintiffs’ lawyers to take advantage of the asymmetry in filing fees that major...more
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS - For decades, companies have struggled to find a solution to the problem of expensive and disruptive class action lawsuits. When the U.S. Supreme Court held—in AT&T Mobility LLC v....more
New guidance from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), released on 18 August 2022, regarding multiple re-presentment nonsufficient funds (NSF) fees, suggests that banks eliminate the fees altogether and continues...more
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS - A government inquiry in the context of data security typically arises in one of two ways: either a data security incident involving a threat actor occurs, or a government agency is...more
The message could not be clearer: lenders, both banks and non-banks, should expect an onslaught of new claims of redlining, including challenges to “modern-day” redlining, which allegedly “remains pervasive in the lending...more
Fourth of July Data Breach - The latest in a recent string of high profile and wide-reaching cyber-attacks occurred over the fourth of July weekend. A criminal hacking enterprise known as REvil targeted information technology...more
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS - Provisional remedies are critical tools for preserving the parties' status quo until the court has had an opportunity to decide the case and issue a final judgment. ...more