Reversing dismissal, the Sixth Circuit holds that an Oklahoma law firm's use of a default judgment to garnish a Michigan worker's wages establishes minimum contacts, reviving an FDCPA suit against the firm.
The court joins other circuits in holding that individualized vehicle-by-vehicle valuation questions predominate over common claims about State Farm's 'typical negotiation adjustment,' offering insurers a template for defeating Rule 23(b)(3) certification in actual-cash-value disputes.
A D.C. federal judge certified two damages classes in a renter's suit accusing Bozzuto Management Company of failing to disclose utility fees and overcharging tenants for water and sewer service.
A D.C. federal judge denied WPATH’s emergency bid to block the FTC from pursuing a separate enforcement suit in Texas, saying the group had not shown a threat to the court’s prior injunction or irreparable harm.
Oregon's attorney general says Paramount Skydance has not complied with a state records request tied to review of its proposed Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition.
Federal antitrust enforcers called on state attorneys general to pursue potential petroleum-market collusion, retail price manipulation and consumer protection violations tied to high gas prices.
The new FTC group will coordinate healthcare enforcement and advocacy across the agency's competition, consumer protection, economics, policy and technology arms.
The agency said the proposed acquisition would have combined the two leading FLACS laser-system competitors and threatened price and innovation competition.
The Federal Trade Commission said Sevita must divest 128 intermediate care facilities and related assets to Dungarvin to resolve merger concerns in three states.
FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson and Commissioner Mark R. Meador told a Senate committee the agency is pursuing consumer-protection and competition priorities including healthcare markets, labor practices, deceptive fees and online abuse enforcement preparations.
A Fifth Circuit panel affirmed summary judgment for Louisiana in drugmakers’ challenge to a state law protecting 340B contract-pharmacy distribution.
The Tenth Circuit held that Kansas consumers' storm-pricing claims against wholesale natural-gas suppliers are field-preempted by the Natural Gas Act.