Meegan Brooks

Nov 15, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Meegan Brooks |Emily Johnson |David Krueger

Backgroundof Heckman v. Live NationThe Plaintiffs in Heckman bought tickets to live entertainment events – promoted by Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. and sold through Ticketmaster LLC’s website – then later instituted a putative antitrust class action against Defendants Live Nation and Ticketmaster, alleging anticompetitive practices in online ticket sales.

Aug 16, 2024 | beneschlaw.com | Meegan Brooks

Over the past few months, a wave of new lawsuits has been filed in California state court against online retailers alleging violations of California’s Song-Beverly Credit Card Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 1747.08 (“Song-Beverly”).

May 22, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Meegan Brooks |Mark S. Eisen |Laura Kogan

There’s no doubt that waterproof and oil-proof materials serve a wide range of valuable purposes—for everything from raincoats and yoga pants, to fast food wrappers, to cosmetics and dental floss. The issue coming increasingly to light, however, is that some of the class of materials used in these products—perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”)—have been associated with negative health and environmental effects. That’s not to say that every form of PFAS is dangerous.

Jan 18, 2024 | beneschlaw.com | Meegan Brooks |Matthew Farrell

What are Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices? The term “pen register” originally referred to a device—also called a “telegraph register”—that recorded telegraph signals on a piece of paper. At the time, these devices often employed a fountain pen—hence the name.