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Feb 03

Text to Vote: A Cautionary Tale for SMS Marketing Under the TCPA

Promotional text messaging, especially in the sports industry, is growing in popularity. More and more sports teams and advertisers are reaching sports fans through their mobile devices. As most companies know by now, the FCC rules implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act apply to promotional… Read More

Dec 16

Supreme Court Eases Burden of Removing Cases Under the Class Action Fairness Act

The United States Supreme Court just made class action defendants’ lives a little easier. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court held that when removing a case to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”), a defendant need only make a plausible allegation… Read More

Dec 15

Is Your Industry Ripe for Noncompliance Under the Fair Labor Standards Act?

Recently, the U.S. Department of Labor found that Marcellus Shale oil and gas contractors violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which resulted in the contractors agreeing to pay nearly $4.5 million in back wages to approximately 5,000 employees. According to the Labor Department, most… Read More

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Dec 11

Time Spent Going Through Security Screenings Is Not Compensable Under Fair Labor Standards Act

The Supreme Court decided on Tuesday of this week that the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) does not require an employer to compensate employees for time spent waiting in line and then going through security screenings at the end of their work shift each… Read More

Nov 05

First Circuit Finds Plaintiff Lacks Standing In Unmanifested Defect Case

Claims based on enhanced risk of future harm just got harder to bring. Yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a complaint in which the plaintiff alleged the corrugated stainless steel tubing (CSST) in his home, used… Read More

Oct 09

SCOTUS Hears Arguments on Compensability of Required Security Screenings Under FLSA

The Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday in an important Fair Labor Standards Act case that asks whether an employer who requires hourly employees to go through a security screening at the end of their shift – as a way to prevent employee theft –… Read More

Sep 23

New Jersey Supreme Court Tightens Requirements for Enforcing Arbitration Agreements

General counsel should stop what they’re doing and review their company’s arbitration provisions in light of the New Jersey Supreme Court’s recent decision in Atalese v. U.S. Legal Services Group, L.P., 2014 WL 4689318 (N.J. Sept. 23, 2014). In Atalese, the Supreme Court rejected the… Read More

Aug 22

France and Belgium Adopt Class Actions Spring 2014

This guest post was authored by our colleagues Christopher Scott D’Angelo and Jennifer E. Canfield. Christopher is a partner and chair of Montgomery McCracken’s international practice and co-chair of the products liability & risk management practice. His practice emphasizes litigation and preventive counseling in the… Read More

Aug 13

Third Circuit Rules That Whether a Contract Permits Classwide Arbitration is for the District Court, not the Arbitrator, to Decide

In a case of first impression, the Third Circuit has ruled that the district court, not an arbitrator, should decide whether classwide arbitration is available under a contract with an arbitration clause.  Opalinski v. Robert Half International Inc., No. 12-4444, 2014 WL 3733685 (3d Cir.… Read More

Jun 17

Another Post-Clapper Data Privacy Breach Case Dismissed for Lack of Standing

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Clapper v. Amnesty International USA, 133 S. Ct. 1138 (2013), continues to be relied on by federal courts to hold that “mere loss of data” or “increased risk of identity theft” in a data breach case does not constitute… Read More