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Hotel Room Reservation Resellers Settle FTC Charges

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Consumers Making Hotel Room Reservations Allegedly Led to Believe They Were Dealing Directly with Hotels  Consumers Not Adequately Notified They Would Be Charged Immediately When Reservations Booked, Instead of After Arrival at Hotel The Federal Trade Commission announced that Utah-based...
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Overdraft Programs – CFPB Study

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Overdraft Programs & Overdraft Fees – CFPB’s Overdraft Program Study “Consumer Voices on Overdraft Programs” – CFPB Overdraft Study – Key Findings The CFPB reported that it launched a qualitative study to explore consumers’ thoughts, intentions, and expectations about overdraft...
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Urban Outfitters – Unpaid Overtime Wages Lawsuits

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Urban Outfitters Department Managers Misclassified as Exempt – Alleged Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) Violations Federal lawsuits have been filed against Urban Outfitters, Inc. alleging Urban Outfitters misclassified Urban Outfitters Department Managers as exempt under state and federal overtime laws and...
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Citizens, Inc. – Stock Artificially Inflated?

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Citizens, Inc. – SeekingAlpha Reports; Class Action Lawsuit Filed On March 8, 2017, SeekingAlpha reported that “Citizens, Inc. (NYSE:CIA) uses a network of unregulated brokers to sell complex life insurance policies to foreign retail investors and retirees. The policies are sold...
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Robocalls & Robotexts – Know Your Rights

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FCC’s “Know Your Rights: The Rules on Robocalls and Robotexts” **FCC rules limit many types of robocalls, though some calls are permissible if prior consent is given. **Rules differ between landline and wireless phones; however, calls and text messages have...
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Marriott Vacations – TCPA Violations Alleged

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Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation, d/b/a Marriott Vacation Club – Class Action Filed On December 7, 2017, a class action lawsuit was filed in United States District Court, Central District of California, seeking damages and other available legal or equitable remedies...
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OSI Systems, Inc. – Class Action Lawsuit

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OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIS) A class action lawsuit was filed in United States District Court, Central District of California, on behalf OSI Systems (“OSI Systems” or “OSI”) securities investors, asserting claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange...
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Bumble Bee – Medium Red Smoked Salmon

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Bumble Bee Premium Select Medium Red Smoked Salmon Subject of Class Action Lawsuit Medium Red Smoked Salmon – Not High-Quality, Not Wild-Caught – Complaint Alleges   On December 6, 2017, a class action complaint was filed in United States District...
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Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. – Nuedexta Marketing

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Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. (OTSKY) On October 12, 2017, CNN.com published an article, “The little red pill being pushed on the elderly,” which described the marketing efforts of Otsuka’s subsidiary, Avanir Pharmaceuticals (“Avanir”), with respect to Nuedexta, a treatment for pseudobulbar affect. According...
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Eagle Bancorp – Reported Insider Loan Scheme

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Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGBN) On December 1, 2017, Aurelius Value published a report (“Eagle Bancorp’s Insider Loan Scheme Exposed”) stating that it Aurelius Value had “. . . uncovered evidence of an insider loan scheme involving [Eagle Bancorp’s] CEO and certain Board Members...
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INC Research Holdings – Class Action Lawsuit

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INC Research Holdings, Inc.  A class action lawsuit was filed against INC Research (INCR changed to SYNH on Jan. 8, 2018) and certain of its officers related to alleged violations of federal securities laws.  INC, a clinical research company that provides Phase I-IV clinical development...
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SCANA Corporation – Nuclear Project Probed

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SCANA (NYSE: SCG) – SEC Investigation On October 17, 2017, the Charlotte Business Journal reported that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating SCANA’s “handling of the shuttered V.C. Summer nuclear expansion project.”  According to the story, “SCANA announced . ....
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Phillips 66 – Preliminary Settlement Approval

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Preliminary Approval Given to Class Action Settlement Resolving Wage and Hour Violation Allegations On November 21, 2017, Law360 reported that “[a] California federal judge preliminarily approved . . . Phillips 66’s $5.5 million settlement that would resolve a putative class...
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Robocalls – Federal Debt Collection Robocalls

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Robocalls – Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) Update Regarding Federal Debt Collection Robocalls According to the FCC: . . . on August 2, 2016, the FCC adopted rules to implement amendments to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) that exempt some...
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