Wiggin and Dana’s Robert M. Langer, a senior counsel in the firm’s Hartford office and co-chair of the firm’s Antitrust and Technology Disputes Practice Group, and New Haven Partner, Kim E. Rinehart, chair of the firm’s Class Action Defense Practice Group, have co-authored the 2025-2026 Edition of “Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices, Business Torts and Antitrust,” Vol. 12 of the Connecticut Practice Series, just
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FCC Gives Companies Six Months to Seek Retroactive Waiver of Fax Ad Rule
In a long-awaited decision, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) announced on October 30th that fax advertisements must include a detailed notice that describes the recipient’s right to opt out of receiving future fax ads—even if the recipient consented to receive the fax. But, in an unusual concession, the agency also announced that it would retroactively waive the opt-out notice requirement for companies that had petitioned
Read More FCC Gives Companies Six Months to Seek Retroactive Waiver of Fax Ad RuleSupreme Court Limits Removal of State Attorney General Actions to Federal Court
Connecticut recently awarded licenses to four medical marijuana producers, marking the beginning of Connecticut’s legal medical marijuana industry. Although medical marijuana businesses are licensed and heavily regulated by the State of Connecticut,[1] they have had difficulty securing basic financial services due to ambiguities in federal policy. Financial institutions are wary of servicing such clients owing to the requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act and
Read More Supreme Court Limits Removal of State Attorney General Actions to Federal CourtClass Action Fairness Act of 2005
Over the past decade, there has been a growing concern that plaintiffs’ lawyers increasingly filed large, national class actions in certain state court venues perceived to be very favorable to plaintiffs. These locations including Madison County, Illinois; Jefferson County, Texas; and Palm Beach County, Florida have been called everything from “magnet” jurisdictions to “magic” jurisdictions. Despite the fact that these class actions often involved plaintiffs
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