Brooklyn federal district Judge Jack Weinstein (pictured) is known for getting assigned huge class actions with billions at stake. He’s also known for getting reversed by his colleagues on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. In the latter respect, the month of April has been a doozie. On April 3, the Second Circuit reversed Weinstein [...]

Remember those ‘credit card receipt’ class actions the Law Blog wrote about a few weeks ago? They’re the cases in which plaintiffs, though they admit to suffering no financial damage, sue retailers for putting too much info on receipts, thereby violating the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act, or FACTA. We mentioned that, with statutory [...]

Since the Law Blog began using Netflix in 2003, our membership plan has been a constant source of befuddlement. What’s better, the 3-DVD plan or the 5-DVD plan? Does the 5-DVD plan translate into more movies watched, or simply a greater selection laying around the house? In either case, can that much screen time be [...]

Netflix has to pony up $2 million in attorneys' fees.

The one time we watched “Deal or No Deal,” we honestly found it too stressful and suspenseful to sit through, vowing, after watching some poor guy sweat through one agonizing decision after another, never to watch again. But we know lots of people who do watch. And apparently lots of fans have played an offshoot [...]