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There has been an uptick in the number of cases (particularly, class actions and Attorney General actions) asserting claims related to the presence of microcontaminants in food and other consumer products.

On May 1, a Jenner & Block team was honored at the Northern District of Illinois Pro Bono Awards ceremony for their work on behalf of a client who participated in the court’s Sentencing Options that Achieve Results (SOAR) Program.

In this edition of Jenner & Block’s Consumer Finance Observer (CFO), our lawyers from a broad range of practice areas provide analysis of key issues currently at the forefront of consumer finance law and policy.In this issue, you will find analysis and updates on:

A cross-practice, cross-office team secured a multibillion-dollar arbitration win for client Fox Corporation in its litigation against Flutter Entertainment, the parent company of sports betting company, FanDuel. The firm secured this win alongside co-counsel Joseph Hage & Aaronson.

A team of Jenner & Block lawyers secured naturalization for client Batsaikhan Badarch, whose case came to the firm from our partnership with the National Immigrant Justice Center. The team met with her on several occasions to fill out her N-400 application form and prep her for the interview and civics exam with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. Associate Jenna Conwisar took the lead in meetings to fill out her application, Staff Attorney Michael DeMar assisted with condu

New York’s two principal consumer fraud statutes, N.Y. G.B.L. §§ 349 and 350, authorize statutory damages of $50 or $500 per violation respectively. In false advertising cases involving low-cost consumer products, these statutes pose the risk that defendants may face hundreds of millions—if not billions—of dollars in exposure if found liable at trial. And while N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 901(b) seeks to avert this result by prohibiting courts from awarding statutory damages in class actions, the Supreme Co

In an article for Law360, Partner Jan A. Larson and Associate Jenna L. Conwisar discuss the current legislative landscape concerning liability insurance coverage in California this wildfire season as the insurance industry faces off with state regulators over how to keep homeowners and businesses protected while keeping insurers financially viable. Mitigation efforts by homeowners and businesses to protect their property are becoming increasingly important, and there is a renewed push to ensure

Payday loans are small-dollar cash loans typically due in a single payment on the borrower’s next payday—they are extremely short-term and generally high-interest forms of consumer credit.[1] If the borrower cannot pay off the loan when it’s due, some states allow the borrower to pay a fee to defer full payment on, or “rollover,” their loan. A 2014 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) report found that over 80% of payday loans are rolled over within two weeks.[2]

For three weeks in December, a team of 26 Jenner & Block lawyers researched the availability of and access to mental health services for children in grades K-12 in 45 different states. Client Inseparable and 16 other organizations joined to form the Hopeful Futures Campaign, which used the data to assess the accessibility of mental health services in all 50 states.

Effective January 1, 2022, California implemented several important changes to its consumer protection laws, ranging from data privacy to debt collection to updates to the Consumer Legal Remedies Act. This post highlights several notable changes that companies and practitioners may wish to bear in mind as they ring in the new year.