Validity of FINRA prohibition of class action waivers: update *

USA - May 17 2012
This is an update on developments in and implications of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.'s (Schwab) litigation with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) concerning FINRA attempt to prohibit financial industry participants from adding mutual class action waivers into agreements with their customers.

Co-authors: Christopher Q. King, Charles A. Newman, Sandra D. Hauser.

United States Supreme Court rules that private TCPA suits can originate in Federal Court *

USA - January 23 2012
Businesses today still attract customers the old-fashioned way: by telephone solicitation.

Co-authors: Doug Bonner, Mark A. Flessner.