Supreme Court Report: Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon, 21-309
Volume 29, Issue 15 This Report summarizes opinions issued on June 6 and 8, 2022 (Part I); and cases granted review on June 6, 2022 (Part II). Opinion: Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon, 21-309 Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon, 21-309. In an 8-0 opinion, the Court held that an employee who frequently loads and unloads…
Supreme Court Report: Siegel v. Fitzgerald, 21-441
Volume 29, Issue 15 This Report summarizes opinions issued on June 6 and 8, 2022 (Part I); and cases granted review on June 6, 2022 (Part II). Opinion: Siegel v. Fitzgerald, 21-441 Siegel v. Fitzgerald, 21-441. The Court unanimously held that the enactment of a significant fee increase that exempted debtors in two states violated…
Supreme Court Report: Gallardo v. Marstiller, 20-1263
Volume 29, Issue 15 This Report summarizes opinions issued on June 6 and 8, 2022 (Part I); and cases granted review on June 6, 2022 (Part II). Opinion: Gallardo v. Marstiller, 20-1263 Gallardo v. Marstiller, 20-1263. In a 7-2 decision, the Court held that the Medicaid Act permits states to seek reimbursement from settlement payments…
Supreme Court Report: Egbert v. Boule, 21-147
Volume 29, Issue 15 This Report summarizes opinions issued on June 6 and 8, 2022 (Part I); and cases granted review on June 6, 2022 (Part II). Opinion: Egbert v. Boule, 21-147 Egbert v. Boule, 21-147. In a 6-3 opinion, the Court held that there is no Bivens cause of action against a Border Patrol…
New Jersey Issues Guidelines for Retailers on Gift Card Fraud
Gift card scams have cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years, and the reported losses continue to rise. To protect New Jersey consumers from this increasingly common form of fraud, the Division of Consumer Affairs has issued guidelines requiring retailers that display gift cards for sale to train their employees to recognize…
Federal Consumer Protection News: May 2022
Discover the latest federal consumer protection updates from May 2022.
Attorney General Consumer Protection News: May 2022
Discover the latest consumer protection updates from your state or territory attorney general from May 2022.
Consumer Chief of the Month: Ethan Shaner, Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office
I first joined the state Attorney General consumer protection world in 2010. I lived in Delaware and, after six years in private practice focused on litigation involving corporate governance disputes, I joined the Fraud & Consumer Protection Division of the Delaware Department of Justice. After a little more than a year on the job, however,…
Supreme Court Report: Jones v. Hendrix, 21-857
Volume 29, Issue 14 This Report summarizes opinions issued on May 16 and 23, 2022 (Part I); and cases granted review on May 16, 2022 (Part II). Case Granted Review: Jones v. Hendrix, 21-857 Jones v. Hendrix, 21-857. At issue is whether a federal inmate who―because circuit precedent resolved the matter against him―did not timely…
Supreme Court Report: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Cochran, 21-1239
Volume 29, Issue 14 This Report summarizes opinions issued on May 16 and 23, 2022 (Part I); and cases granted review on May 16, 2022 (Part II). Case Granted Review: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Cochran, 21-1239 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Cochran, 21-1239. The Court will resolve “[w]hether a federal district court has jurisdiction…
