What’s at Stake Whether the Federal Communications Commission can continue to protect consumers under the Telephone Consumer Protect Act by requiring telemarketers to show they actually got consumers’ consent to send robocalls by documenting it in writing. Summary Deborah Bradley bought a one-year dental savings plan from DentalPlans.com that would supposedly help her save on…
What’s at Stake Whether consumers can sue P&G for misrepresenting Tampax “Pure Cotton” tampons as “pure” and “100% organic cotton” when plaintiffs allege they tested the tampons, and the tampons contain “organic fluorine”—a chemical compound that, despite its name, is almost exclusively man-made and commonly found in products like pesticides and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances…
What’s at Stake Whether companies like Target can force consumers into individual arbitration based on online contract terms without proving that the consumers necessarily would have seen notice of the terms or that the notice was clearly displayed. Summary Dylan Dawson filed a putative California consumer class action against Target Corporation and Shipt, Inc., alleging…
Dana Hill was the victim of a bait-and-switch auto financing scheme. He sought to buy a used car from Enterprise, and he planned to finance the car by trading in his old car, making a down payment, and taking out a loan...
What’s at Stake This case presents the question whether the president has unilateral authority to, without cause, fire commissioners of independent agencies. Summary In March 2025, President Trump purported to fire Rebecca Slaughter, a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), partway through the term for which she was appointed. The FTC Act provides that…
What’s at Stake The primary issue before the Colorado Supreme Court in this case is the enforcement of a Colorado statute requiring debt collectors to produce specific evidence showing that a debtor legitimately owes the debt, and that the debt collector has the right to collect it before a court can issue a debt-collection judgment.…
What’s at Stake Standing is the legal principle that decides who gets to bring a lawsuit. Traditionally, a person who has experienced the violation of a statute has standing to bring a claim for that violation. For example, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) says that people can bring claims when a credit reporting agency…
What’s at Stake This case is about whether the First Appellate District of the California Court of Appeals will continue to recognize that having statutory claims is enough to sue in state court or whether it will follow the federal courts and require concrete harm separate from the statutory violation itself to bring a lawsuit.…
What’s at Stake Certain workers cannot be compelled into arbitrating disputes with employers under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). Specifically, the statute exempts the contracts of workers “engaged in…interstate commerce.” Since our victory in the U.S. Supreme Court in Oliveria v. New Prime, Inc., the scope of this exemption has been the focus of many…