all - Opinion Summaries

Olmstead v. Fed. Trade Comm'n

Consumer Protection Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Judgement Enforcement
An order to partially satisfy a judgment against defendant in the FTC's suit for unfair or deceptive trade practices is affirmed as Florida law...

Kleffman v. Vonage Holdings Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law, False Advertising
In plaintiff's class action suit under section 17529.5(a)(2), which makes it unlawful to advertise in a commercial e-mail advertisement (i.e. spam)...

Real Estate Bar Ass'n for Massachusetts, Inc. v. Nat'l Real Estate Info. Serv.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Property Law & Real Estate
In the Real Estate Bar Association's suit against defendant for unauthorized practice of law, judgment of the district court is vacated in part,...

Edwards v. First Am. Corp.

Consumer Protection Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action claiming that defendant improperly paid millions of dollars to individual title companies and, in exchange, those title companies entered...

Ehrheart v. Verizon Wireless

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law
In a class action against Verizon Wireless claiming that defendant violated the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act, which prohibits a seller...

Rule v. Fort Dodge Animal Health, Inc.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's putative class action suit against Weyth Corporation and its subsidiary, alleging that defendants had sold a heartworm medication for...

Shaw v. Marriott Int'l., Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, International Law
In an action under the District of Columbia consumer protection statute to challenge the pricing practices of Marriott's Russian hotels, summary...

CE Design, Ltd. v. Prism Bus. Media, Inc.

Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law
In plaintiff's suit under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), against the defendant for sending a fax advertising a trade show to the...

Adolph v. Coastal Auto Sales, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Evidence, Transportation
In plaintiff's suit against an automobile dealer for failing to transfer ownership of a trade-in vehicle to itself, causing her to be charged with...

Shroyer v. New Cingular Wireless Servs., Inc.

Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, M&A
In an action claiming that Cingular Wireless, after its merger with AT&T, disregarded its obligations under plaintiff's phone service contract...