by | Nov 13, 2014 | Consumer Protection
Langer Grogan & Diver are serving as Special Counsel in assisting Deputy Attorney General Saverio P. Mirarchi of the Attorney General’s Bureau of Consumer Protection with a lawsuit filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. According to Fox News, Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane announced a consumer protection lawsuit against a Texas-based company for allegedly engineering an illegal payday loan scheme over the Internet. According to the lawsuit, the defendants allegedly targeted Pennsylvania consumers in violation of state law.
by | Aug 8, 2014 | Antitrust, Consumer Protection
Putative class actions alleging Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League and cable providers colluded to thwart competition in television and Internet sports broadcasting will go to trial after a New York federal judge refused to toss them, according to a filing made publicly available Friday. This was reported by Law 360’s Kurt Orzeck in MLB, NHL Fans’ Broadcast Antitrust Actions Headed For Trial.
by | Oct 19, 2013 | Consumer Protection
In the October 19, 2013 edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, business reporter Bob Fernandez writes on, Suit alleges illegal cartel on TV, Internet sports, discussing the consumer proposed-class-action lawsuit against Major League Baseball, the NHL, and regional sports networks, including those owned by Comcast and DirecTV.
by | Jun 10, 2013 | Consumer Protection, Fraud
In the June 10, 2013 edition of The New York Times, business reporter Jessica Silver-Greenberg tells the story of Bruno Koch, 83, in Banks Seen as Aid in Fraud Against Older Consumers. Mr. Kirby told the telemarketer on the line that, yes, of course he would like to update his health insurance card. Then Mr. Koch, of Newport News, Va., slipped up: he divulged his bank account information.
by | Apr 2, 2013 | Consumer Protection
In the April 2, 2013 edition of The New York Times, business reporters Stephanie Clifford and Jessica Silver-Greenberg detail the damage being done to unknowing employees in the article, Retailers Track Employees Thefts in Vast Database.
by | Dec 5, 2012 | Antitrust, Consumer Protection
In today’s Thomson Reuters legal news, Jonathan Stempel covers LGD’s class action lawsuit against Major League Baseball, the NHL and regional sports networks in Sports fans can pursue antitrust case over programs.
