Consumer Law

Dealer Arrest
From the Daily News:"A New York art gallery owner was nabbed Friday for commissioning dozens of knockoffs of Matisse, Calder and others that he passed off as the real thing. Giuseppe Concepcion was arrested in Florida on charges of trafficking in phony artwork and scheming to dupe clients, Manhattan federal prosecutors say...

Law of jungle grips quake-hit city (Malaysian Mirror)
CONCEPCION (Chile) ? Thirty hours after the 8.8-magnitude megaquake hit Concepcion, the second largest Chilean city, local people embraced the law of jungle to search for food and satisfy other basic needs, reports China's Xinhua news agency...

Jornadas de Análisis del Proyecto de Código Procesal Civil
Este 10 de Diciembre en el Aula Magna de la Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción (en la siempre interesante ciudad de Concepción) se realizarán las Jornadas de Análisis del Proyecto de Código Procesal Civil...

Cour Strikes Class Action Ban in Arbitration Agreement
Class action bans in arbitration agreements have always been a cause for concern, and I have always taken the position that such bans are illegal. While some clever attorney had the idea to jam that sentence into an arbitration agreement, the ban has nothing to do with arbitration, and is in reality a complete ban on anytype of dispute resolution in some circumstances...

U.S. Supreme Court grants cert. in class arbitration case: AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion
Last week, on May 24, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court granted cert. in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, no. 09-893. The Ninth Circuit's opinion in this case was Laster v. AT&T Mobility LLC, 584 F...

Bronx Wife-Killer Gets Liver Ahead of Thousands of New Yorkers
Johnny Concepcion confessed to stabbing his wife to death on July 5. He then took rat poison in an attempt to commit suicide, which damaged his liver. This week, Concepcion was chosen over 1,805 New York City residents in need...

Paxil Lawsuit
Paxil Claims, Lawsuits, and Injuries

PTDS class action
Veterans Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Class Action

Class Action Filed Over Incontinence Briefs
Arizona Health Care Faces Federal Class Action over Incontinence Briefs

ASMP and Other Visual Artists File Class Action Lawsuit Against Google
Google Faces Class Action for Copyright Infringement

Taylor Bean Faces Federal WARN Class Action
Taylor Bean Federal Employment Class Action Filed

Amazon Kindle
Class Action Filed over Cracking Defect

Major Egg Producers
Class Action Filed over Alleged Price Fixing