Until recently, Massachusetts federal courts had not determined whether a debt collector violates the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) by failing to state whether interest is accruing (or not accruing) when offering to settle a consumer debt. In a recent ruling, a Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the District of […]
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Adam Shafran and Jon Friedmann were co-lead class counsel in three federal class action lawsuits against Pepperidge Farm alleging that the company misclassified its distributors as independent contractors. Adam, Jon and their co-counsel represented all Pepperidge Farm distributors in Massachusetts, Illinois and California and a Federal Court in California recently approved the settlement of all […]
Rudolph Friedmann is pleased to announce Eric J. Walz has joined the firm as Senior Counsel. Eric has years of experience representing clients in complex franchise and automotive dealer class actions and other disputes, contract negotiations and terminations, and matters affecting franchise and dealer relationships. He also has significant experience defending companies and individuals in […]
