Jeremy A. Gunn is an associate in the Litigation Department of Montgomery McCracken.
Ninth Circuit Restricts Vicarious Liability in TCPA Class Action
In Kristensen v. Credit Payment Services Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court’s summary judgment that lenders and marketers who did not ratify the actions of a third-party publisher were not vicariously liable under the Telephone Consumer Protection… Read More
Ninth Circuit Raises the Bar for Settling Nationwide Consumer-Protection Class Actions
In an opinion that could make certification of nationwide class action settlements considerably more difficult, a divided panel of the Ninth Circuit has ruled that when deciding whether to certify a multistate settlement class, the district court must consider whether differences in state laws cause… Read More