Size Matters: Facebook Faces Fraud Class Action for Overstating its Massive Potential Reach
On August 15, 2018, plaintiffs filed a putative class action on behalf of advertisers who get less than they pay for when Facebook allegedly overstates its…
U.S. Dept. of Education Joins Tide Against Class-Action Waivers/Mandatory Arbitration
There’s been plenty of news regarding a recent trend that contract provisions precluding class actions and mandating arbitration may have hit their high water mark and…
Settlers and Snitches: Sony Breaks Ranks in Hollywood Wage-Fixing Claims
I previously wrote about two wage-fixing class actions, where some of the largest high-tech and Hollywood companies conspired not to hire one another’s employees to keep wages low. …
“Happy Birthday” Lawyers Look to “Overcome” Another Copyright
Moving from the celebratory to the spiritual, the lawyers who (literally) brought you “Happy Birthday” once again find themselves looking to overcome entrenched copyright interests related…
Supreme Court’s DirecTV Decision Makes Odd Bedfellows
SNAP QUIZ-Which type of lawsuit would divide the Supreme Court Justices along the following lines? Justices Breyer, Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito and Kagan vs. Justice Thomas, Ginsburg…
