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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
Before giving in to your kid's plea for a new toy, you may want to collect some information about it. Why? Well, for one thing, that toy may want to collect information about your kid. Click here for more.
How Trump appointees curbed a consumer protection agency loathed by the GOP
The Washington Post reports on the Consumer Financial protection Bureau, one year after Director Richard Cordray, who was appointed by President Obama, stepped down and was replaced with OMB Director Mick Mulvaney. If you care about consumer financial protection, it's not a happy story. Click here for more.
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Marriott promises to pay for new passports for data breach victims. The company says it will reimburse affected guests for the cost of a new passport. Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
TCPA attorneys received $20 million in fees. Attorneys representing 18,000 consumers in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act suit against Dish Network LLC will walk away with $20.4 million in fees, a third of the hard fought $61 million verdict they secured for the class, a North Carolina federal judge ruled Monday. “Class counsel achieved an excellent result for class members, assuming significant risk and overcoming numerous obstacles along the way,” Judge Eagles wrote. “Regardless of the underlying subject matter, it takes skilled counsel to successfully manage an 18,000-plus member class action. It takes a different set of highly developed skills to successfully achieve a jury verdict.” KRAKAUER v. DISH NETWORK, L.L.C. Click here for more.