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Telephone Consumer Protection Act Independent Contractors

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1991 to protect consumers from unsolicited telephone marketing calls.  
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Insurance Lead Generation Industry Beware: Court Rules Insurer Vicariously Liable for Actions of Independent Contractors and...

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Insurance lead generation industry take note because an Illinois federal court recently held that Allstate violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act as a result of the actions of its third party, independent contractors...more

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Class Action Trends Report Winter 2021

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Last year presented many challenges, and 2021 offers a fresh start. In this issue of the Class Actions Trends Report we review the most significant developments of 2020 and take a look forward to what a new year and a new...more

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2021: The Year Ahead For Employers

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In 2020, COVID-19 collided with a presidential election, forever altering the workplace as we knew it. In 2021 employers are faced with reimagining the employer/employee relationship while simultaneously trying to keep pace...more

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Class Action Quarterly Update

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Class Actions Quarterly Update: Employee Misclassification in the Logistics Industry - The vast majority of class action litigation in the logistics industry over the past quarter, and indeed the last few years, has been...more

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Retail and Consumer Goods Team Alert: 2020 VISION

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With the turn of the calendar, the beginning of the new year, and the collective making of resolutions, it is also a good idea to understand the biggest legal risks that companies may confront in the near- and long-term....more

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Some Control Is Just Fine: Ninth Circuit Upholds Independent Contractor Status in Jones v. Royal Admin. Servs.

Just the other week, in Jones v. Royal Admin. Servs., the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed the federal common law standard for distinguishing agents from independent contractors and upheld the independent contractor status of...more

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Retail and Consumer Products Law Roundup - June 2016

President Signs Legislation Modernizing Federal Chemical Regulation Law - Overhaul of Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) has important business implications for consumer product manufacturers and retailers. ...more

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Retail and Consumer Products Law Roundup - March 2016

Regulatory Whack-a-Mole: A Renewed Focus on Non-Hazardous Waste Recycling - Why it matters - In part due to a string of high-profile enforcements in multiple states, retailers by and large have evaluated the need to...more

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Retail and Consumer Products Law Roundup - February 2016

Be Still, My Heart: New Suit Says Fitbits Fail to Track Heartbeats as Promised - Why it matters - Fitbit has been hit with another consumer class action asserting false advertising claims, this time alleging that...more

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Defendant-Business Not Vicariously Liable For Third-Party B2B’s Unsolicited Fax Advertisements In Putative TCPA Class Action

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In Palm Beach Gold Center-Boca, Inc. v. Sarris, No. 12-80178, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 155912 (S.D. Fla. Oct. 22, 2013), the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida recently granted summary judgment in...more

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