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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
Before you sell or donate your car, don't forget to clean out your personal information, such as phone contacts, location data, and garage door codes from the electronic system. Click here for more.
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Expands High Blood Pressure Medications Recall
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited is expanding an earlier recall to include all lots of Valsartan/Amlodipine/HCTZ, Valsartan/Amlodipine and Valsartan tablets. Trace amounts of N-Nitrosodimethylamine impurity were found in an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). Consumers with questions regarding this recall or reporting an adverse event may contact Torrent at (800) 912-9561 from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, or by email at Medinfo.Torrent@apcerls.com. Click here for more.
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Negotiating with your credit card company may be easier than you think. Whether you are trying to remove a late fee or avoid bankruptcy, a call to the credit card company could pay off. Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
Customer not forced to arbitrate based on contract with acquiring company. A California federal court held DirecTV can’t force the customer behind a proposed class action accusing the company of placing unauthorized robocalls to arbitrate his claims. The judge found the customer signed a contract with AT&T, not its recently acquired DirecTV unit. The judge stated, “It was not the parties’ intent to enter into an arbitration agreement that would cover claims against an entity (like DirecTV) that became affiliated with AT&T Mobility years after [Revitch] entered into the contract ... as the result of an acquisition by AT&T Mobility’s parent company and not due to an assignment of any obligations in the original contract,” Jeremy Revitch v. DirecTV LLC, case number 3:18-cv-01127, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Click here for more.