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People v. Stender

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Legal Malpractice, Attorney's Fees, Consumer Protection Law
In appeal challenging preliminary injunction requiring defendants lawyer and law firm to provide notice to certain clients that another lawyer who had...

Nalwa v. Cedar Fair L.P.

Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
In action for injuries incurred while on defendant's bumper car ride, the court of appeal's judgment is reversed where: 1) the primary assumption of...

Gutierrez v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In plaintiffs' suit against Wells Fargo Bank for engaging in unfair business practices by imposing overdraft fees based on the high-to-low posting...

Longman v. Wachovia Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law
In action for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and common law defamation, summary judgment for defendant-bank is affirmed, where: 1) there...

Fuges v. Sw. Fin. Services, Ltd.

Consumer Protection Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's suit against a seller of current title reports, alleging that it willfully violated Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) when it included...

Rota-McLarty v. Santander Consumer USA, Inc.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Transportation
In plaintiff's putative class action, alleging violations of various state consumer protection laws for undisclosed finance charges and other unfair...

US v. Bormes

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law, Government Law, Judges & Judiciary
In an attorney's putative class action against the United States seeking damages under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), as well as under the...

Ellis v. Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiffs' putative class action against a manufacturer of Trimboard, a composite building product designed and marketed for use as exterior trim...

Chesbro v. Best Buy Stores, L.P.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law
In plaintiff's class action against Best Buy, alleging that a series of automated telephone calls placed to his home by Best Buy violated the...

Meyer v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC

Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Remedies, Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In plaintiff's suit alleging that defendant's debt collection practices violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, district court's order...