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Brill v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
In a class action alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the district judge erred when he rejected defendant's argument that...

Procter & Gamble Co. v. Haugen

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Evidence, False Advertising
Dismissal of plaintiff's Lanham Act claim is reversed where the district court abused its discretion in ruling that plaintiff's expert testimony was...

Grovatt v. St. Jude Med.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Health Law
In a class action concerning a recalled prosthetic heart valve, the district court erred in certifying a consumer protection class, seeking damages...

Schwartz v. Visa

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law
Judgment in favor of plaintiff's suit against a credit card company, alleging violations of the Unfair Competition Law (UCL), is reversed where recent...

Brantley v. Republic Mortgage Ins. Co.

Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, defendant-mortgage insurance company, as a nonsignator to an arbitration...

Crusius v. Illinois Gaming Board

Consumer Protection Law, Gaming Law
In an action seeking a declaratory judgment that section 11.2(a) of the Riverboat Gambling Act violates the Illinois Constitution's special...

Madrigal v. Kline Oldsmobile, Inc.

Consumer Protection Law
Defendant was not obligated to provide plaintiff with written notice under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act where it did not take any adverse action...

McNutt v. Haleyville Med. Supplies

Consumer Protection Law, Health Law
A violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute can form the basis for a qui tam action under the False Claims Act.

Ruffin-Thompkins v. Experian Info. Solutions, Inc.

Consumer Protection Law
In a suit alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where plaintiff did not show that...

Wilson v. Brawn of California

Consumer Protection Law
A ruling that defendant-mail order company had engaged in a deceptive business practice by charging its customers an insurance fee is reversed where...