Mitigating risk from consumer claims
May 30, 2024 – ArticlePartners Sedina Banks and Ira Steinberg authored "Mitigating risk from consumer claims" in Legal Dive.
Excerpts:
It’s 2 p.m. You check your company’s mail. You see a letter from a law firm from California you’ve never heard of. Inside is a demand letter. Your heart rate quickens. The plaintiff claims your company’s website is engaged in illegal wiretapping, and they are demanding $500,000 to settle the claim before they begin filing arbitrations.
This scenario is real for thousands of companies every year that are targeted by plaintiff’s lawyers for individual and class consumer claims. However, there are ways to reduce the risk of being targeted for a consumer claim and improve your chances of successfully defending them.
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