Local Law Blogs

Employee Lawsuits (An Introduction and Topic Overview)
How employers can cope with the siege of employee lawsuits

Privacy Protection Act 42 USC 21A
Federal Newsroom Law

Employee Lawsuits: Negligent Hiring and Retention
Employers must check references, criminal records, other background material.

Truth In Lending Act
Consumer Loans and Consumer Credit Protection Act

ValueClick
allegedly violated consumer protection laws by promising ‘free’ goods that where not actually free.

imbee Data Collection
Industrious Kid, Inc. pays $130,000 civil penalty for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.

Germantown Primary Care Associates, P.C.
Unlawfully collected fees refunded in Consumer Protection Act violation suit.

Internet/Technology
involving cyber law, consumer protection, internet crime, internet fraud, online gambling, e-commerce.

Hutchinson Oil
Over $75,000 settlement reached in consumer protection lawsuit.

Indianapolis
alleging the city's police are overly aggressive against the homeless in violation of the protection of free speech and unreasonable searches guaranteed in the US Constitution.