all - Opinion Summaries

Whitfield v. Radian Guar., Inc.

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
The adverse action notice provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) apply to the actions of a company that provides mortgage guaranty...

Diaz-Ramos v. Hyundai Motor Co.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
In a suit over an automobile recall, dismissal of plaintiff's complaint is affirmed where no private right of action exists for an individual who...

Anderson v. Comcast, Corp.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a putative class action seeking to recover fees charged by a cable company for unnecessary equipment rentals, grant of defendant's motion to compel...

Guerrero v. RJM Acquisitions LLC

Attorney's Fees, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
Communications directed only to a debtor's attorney, and unaccompanied by any threat to contact the debtor, are not actionable under the Fair Debt...

Fairbanks v. Superior Ct. (Farmers New World Life Ins. Co.)

Consumer Protection Law, Insurance Law
In suit alleging misrepresentation by insurance company, the court of appeal holds that insurance is neither a "good" nor "service" within the meaning...

Shroyer v. New Cingular Wireless Servs., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a class action suit alleging plaintiffs suffered injuries as a result of the 2004 merger between Cingular Wireless and AT&T, an order...

Pennsylvania Employees Benefit Trust Fund v. Zeneca Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising, Remedies
In an action against a drug maker alleging it engaged in deceptive conduct in the advertising of its new drug Nexium, dismissal of the complaint with...

Biotech. Indus. Org. v. Dist. of Columbia

Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law
In a pre-enforcement challenge to a statute of the District of Columbia prohibiting any patented drug from being sold in the District for an excessive...

Harnden v. Ford Motor Co.

Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Evidence
In a suit over an allegedly defective recreational vehicle, summary judgment for defendant-manufacturer is affirmed where: 1) the admission of a...

Ruiz v. Holiday Universal, Inc.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts
In a suit alleging that the terms of a health club membership contract violated Massachusetts consumer protection law, dismissal for failure to state...