Three Tips to Get a Multi-State Consumer Class Certified in California’s Federal Courts
By Jonathan Udell – March 1, 2019 | Next time you’re presented with a potential multi-state case, consider using one or more of these strategies.
Consumer Litigation
The Consumer Litigation Committee focuses on the rights of consumers and on issues relevant to businesses whose operations implicate or are impacted by the statutory and common law rights of consumers.
Recent Practice Points
Three Principles to Stop Conflating: Choice of Law, Standing, and Transfer of Venue
By Kathryn Honecker and Mark E. Rooney – February 28, 2019 | A refresher on these separate concepts.
Articles
California's Choice-of-Law Jurisprudence and Its Application to Internet Fraud
By Jonathan Udell – March 19, 2019 | Tracking the genesis of California's choice-of-law analysis, the current state of the law, and how that analysis ought to apply in the relatively new realm of e-commerce cases.
The Forthcoming Wave of Biometrics Class Actions
By Geoffrey J. Derrick – March 19, 2019 | Consumer-facing businesses should thoroughly investigate their compliance with BIPA unless they want to go surfing.
Sound Advice Podcasts
The Development of California's Choice-of-Law Analysis
This podcast traces the development of California's choice-of-law analysis, from a place-of-the-wrong analysis, to the comparative impairment analysis, back to a place-of-the-wrong analysis, as described by the Ninth Circuit in Mazza v. American Honda Motor Co. (10:49 min.)
Supreme Court Weighs Whether the FDCPA Applies to Non-Judicial Foreclosures
On January 7, 2019, the Supreme Court held oral argument in Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP, a case analyzing whether the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act applies to non-judicial foreclosures. In this Sound Advice, Mark Rooney, the Section of Litigation FDCPA & TCPA Subcommittee cochair, discusses the key issues in the case. (10:37 min.)
Consumer Litigation
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Meetings
Mar
26
Events | In-Person
Practical Skills for New Litigators: Expert Depositions (In-Person)
CLE 528 min
Join the Section of Litigation and Ankura Consulting for this day long program that will provide practical skills training and practice tips for taking deposition testimony from experts.
Apr
11
Events | Webinar
Hurricanes, Floods, and Fires, Oh My!: How to Improve Discovery in a Flood of Post-Disaster Property Insurance Lawsuits
CLE 60 min
Join Section of Litigation to receive this program for FREE! Be among the first to hear about the pattern discovery protocols developed to streamline the discovery process and more efficiently addres…
May
01
Events | In-Person
2019 Section of Litigation & Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division CLE Conference
The Section of Litigation, and Solo, Small Firm & General Practice Division Annual CLE Conference is THE premier event for litigators and solo and small firm practitioners.