• 11.30.17

    CFPB Hits Debt Settlement Services Provider With Lawsuit

    The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB or Bureau) has filed suit against the largest debt settlement services provider in the country, accusing the California-based entity of violating Dodd-Frank and the Telemarketing Sales Rule by deceiving consumers about its services.

  • 11.29.17

    The Evolving Global Theatrical Stage

    Movies may be the United States’ most powerful export.

  • 11.29.17

    Big Screen Opportunity

    In today’s world of social media, mobile gaming, “peak TV,” and streaming everything, audiences have more choice than ever before in how and what they consume.

  • 11.29.17

    Let’s Go To The Movies

    If that title doesn’t make you want to sing the rest of the Annie soundtrack, we really can’t be friends.

  • 11.29.17

    Bringing Interactivity Into the Theater

    Interactive cinema is not a new concept.

  • 11.28.17

    Dish Network’s TCPA Troubles Continue

    A $61 million judgment in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action will stand after a federal court judge denied the defendant’s motion to reduce or set aside the trebled damages award.  

  • 11.28.17

    Seven-Year Junk Fax Litigation Ends in $7M Settlement

    A seven-year-old case involving allegedly illegal faxes may finally be coming to an end after a federal court judge granted preliminary approval to a $7 million deal.

  • 11.28.17

    Calls to VoIP App May Trigger TCPA Liability

    A federal court in Wisconsin held that calls made using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) apps may result in liability under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) where the called party incurs a charge for the call or a deduction of credits from the recipient’s account.

  • 11.28.17

    Consent Questionable in Online Lead Form, Court Rules

    A federal court judge in Illinois denied summary judgment in a case involving an online lead form, ruling that the issue of the plaintiff’s consent to receive calls was unclear.

  • 11.28.17

    Third Circuit’s Spokeo Decision Applied by Alabama District Court

    The Third Circuit’s standing opinion in Sussino v. Work Out World Inc. might be having a ripple effect at the district court level, most recently in an opinion issued in a putative Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action pending over 800 miles away in the Northern District ...

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