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BALLARD SPAHR: Joseph Anderson III Named to 2018 Georgia Trend Elite List
Joseph P. Anderson III—who is of counsel in Ballard Spahr's Atlanta office—has been named to Georgia Trend's 2018 "Legal Elite" list of the state's top attorneys. -
BALLARD SPAHR LLP: Noted Intellectual Property Attorney Tanya Curcio Joins Ballard Spahr in Washington, D.C.
Tanya M. Curcio—an experienced intellectual property attorney who focuses on trademarks and copyrights—has joined Ballard Spahr as of counsel in the firm's Washington, D.C., office, Chair Mark Stewart announced today. -
BALLARD SPAHR: Ballard Spahr Partner Barbara Casey Among New Jersey Law Journal's "Top Women in Law 2018"
Barbara Casey, a partner in Ballard Spahr's New Jersey office, has been named to the New Jersey Law Journal's "Top Women in Law 2018" list. -
BALLARD SPAHR: Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Roy Herrera Joins Ballard Spahr
Roy Herrera, who served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice in Phoenix, has joined Ballard Spahr in the firm's Litigation Department, Phoenix Office Managing Partner John G. Kerkorian announced. -
Financial services companies sue Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over payday loan rule
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – Two financial service companies are suing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and its acting director over allegations the agency is "virtually eliminating" payday loans. -
Freedom Mortgage Corp. alleges competitor accessed computers without authorization
LAS VEGAS (Legal Newsline) – A New Jersey mortgage company alleges a direct competitor solicited, diverted or attempted to divert customers through unlawful means. -
Federal judge refuses to block Trump’s designation of Mulvaney as interim head of CFPB
Judge Timothy J. Kelly for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, according to a minute order and entry on the case docket, denied Leandra English’s emergency motion for temporary restraining order after a motion hearing held Tuesday. -
Attorney: ‘Very likely’ CFPB will finalize proposed arbitration rules before Obama’s departure
President-Elect Donald Trump and Vice President-Elect Mike Pence are to be inaugurated Jan. 20. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is expected to issue its final set of rules prohibiting arbitration clauses that prevent class action lawsuits by then. -
Lead generators should be wary of federal oversight, CFPB legal specialist says
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – When set up properly, a consumer shouldn't notice it was a lead generator that connected them with a professional or service -
CFPB's class action ban likely to be challenged in court after finalized
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has proposed a set of rules that would prohibit arbitration clauses designed to prevent class-action lawsuits on behalf of consumers. -
D.C. Circuit affirms SEC's use of administrative law judges
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - On Aug. 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected a petition for review of a decision by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) administrative law judges. -
CFPB receives thousands of comments on proposed arbitration rules
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an independent agency of the federal government responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector, published its proposal in the Federal Register on May 24, with a 90-day comment period. All comments were due no later than Monday. -
Attorney: Arbitration proposal fight likely not over after comments period
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed a set of rules prohibiting arbitration clauses that prevent class action lawsuits on behalf of consumers -- a contentious proposal that has parties on both sides speaking out. -
CFPB using email between management in lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is pointing to a cartoon featuring a man using a gun that was sent in an email as it pursues litigation against two businesses. -
CFPB’s proposed arbitration rules could be released following field hearing next month
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced last week it plans to hold a third field hearing May 5 on the rules banning the arbitration clauses that prevent class action lawsuits. -
Ninth Circuit, in wake of Gomez ruling, says defendant can’t avoid class action by making deposit into court-controlled account
Allstate Insurance Company argued that a deposit of $20,000 in an escrow account would moot the named plaintiff’s claims. The Ninth Circuit, in its ruling last week, addressed an issue the U.S. Supreme Court left unresolved in Campbell-Ewald v. Gomez. -
U.S. SC’s decision in Gomez leaves class action questions on the table
In January, the nation’s highest court ruled that an unaccepted offer of complete relief to a named plaintiff in a putative class action lawsuit does not moot the plaintiff’s claim. But it would not decide whether the result would be different if a defendant deposits the full amount of the plaintiff’s individual claim in an account payable to the plaintiff, and the court then enters judgment for the plaintiff in that amount. -
Attorney: U.S. SC ruling in case over offer of complete relief could change class action landscape
The high court, after hearing arguments in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez in October, now must decide whether an offer of complete relief renders a case moot. -
Legality of CFPB’s plan for proposed ban on arbitration clauses in question
Arbitration experts and law professors weigh in on the bureau’s move to possibly ban the agreements. They argue case law -- in particular, two U.S. Supreme Court decisions -- could stand in its way. -
Attorney says New York Times report ‘unfairly portrayed’ arbitration clauses
The attorney, who was featured in the newspaper’s investigative piece, said he is disappointed in the article and contends the Times left out key information he provided about class action litigation and a recent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau study.