Morrison Foerster’s Class Dismissed blog provides insights, recommendations, and timely reports on the latest defense news, developments, and trends in the most current class actions lawsuits and product liability issues that affect consumer-facing companies. Through Class Dismissed, attorneys from our nationally recognized Consumer Class Action and Products Liability practices offer a real-time assessment of the developments in matters that are shaping the industry. This blog examines the full spectrum of consumer-related class action and product liability lawsuits ranging from false advertising, privacy, consumer product safety, ADA, food misbranding, TCPA, environment, retail, and government actions as well as nationwide and multidistrict litigation class actions.<h2>ABOUT MORRISON FOERSTER</h2>Morrison Foerster is a leading global law firm that transforms complexity into advantage for its clients. Our clients include some of the largest financial institutions, banks, consulting and accounting firms, and Fortune 100, technology, and life sciences companies. Highlighting the firm’s commitment to client service, leadership in market-changing deals and impact litigation, and values-based culture, Morrison Foerster has been repeatedly recognized as one of the top 10 firms on The American Lawyer’s A-List. Year after year, the firm receives significant recognition from Chambers and The Legal 500 across their various guides, including Global, USA, Asia‑Pacific, Europe, UK, Latin America, and FinTech Legal. Our lawyers passionately care about delivering legal excellence while living our values. Morrison Foerster has a long-standing commitment to creating a culture that respects and celebrates differences, while providing an inclusive environment. The firm has achieved Mansfield Certification Plus since 2018 as a result of successfully reaching at least 30 percent women, communities of color, and LGBTQ+ lawyer representation in a notable number of current leadership roles and committees. The firm also has a long history of commitment to the community and society through providing pro bono legal services, including litigating for civil rights and civil liberties, improving public education and fostering the wellbeing of children, advocating for veterans, promoting international human rights, enforcing the right to asylum, and safeguarding the environment.

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Adam Hunt is a partner in the Litigation Department of Morrison Foerster’s New York office. His practice focuses on complex litigation, with an emphasis on class action and commercial litigation.

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Alexandra Barlow is a partner in the Litigation Department of Morrison Foerster’s San Diego office.Alexandra litigates product liability matters involving medical devices, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, automobiles, and AI. Alexandra's litigation expertise spans the entire case life cycle in both state and federal courts. She handles all phases of discovery, including fact investigation and expert discovery. Alexandra has taken over twenty-five depositions, including experts, plaintiffs, treating physicians, and third-party witnesses. She drafts and argues motions of all types, including motions for summary judgment, motions to quash, and motions for preliminary injunction.Alexandra has significant trial experience. She has first-chaired a one-week jury trial and second-chaired a five‑week jury trial, both involving multiple claims and witnesses. She also has extensive experience in alternative dispute resolution, representing clients at mediations, mandatory settlement conferences, and early neutral evaluations.Alexandra enjoys tracking developments and keeping her clients updated on product liability and personal injury claims, frequently writing or presenting on emerging areas such as autonomous vehicles and smart devices. Alexandra’s experience also extends to professional liability, warranty claims, eminent domain, and construction law.Alexandra earned her J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law. While in law school, the San Diego Law Review published her comment on the recovery of damages by plaintiffs in a persistent vegetative state, and she also served as a comment editor. She received her B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she majored in Political Science and minored in Spanish. A San Diego native, she attended a Spanish immersion school through the eighth grade. Alexandra is active in the San Diego community, advising students at a local college. She is also a member of several legal organizations in San Diego, including Lawyer’s Club, the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, and Wallace Inn of Court.

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Alexandra Barlow is a partner in the Litigation Department of Morrison Foerster’s San Diego office. Alexandra litigates product liability matters involving medical devices, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, automobiles, and AI. Alexandra’s litigation expertise spans the entire case life cycle in both state and federal courts. She handles all phases of discovery, including fact investigation and expert discovery. Alexandra has taken over twenty-five depositions, including experts, plaintiffs, treating physicians, and third-party witnesses. She drafts and argues motions of all types, including motions for summary judgment, motions to quash, and motions for preliminary injunction.

Alexandra Barlow is a partner in the Litigation Department of Morrison Foerster’s San Diego office. Alexandra litigates product liability matters involving medical devices, pharmaceuticals, automobiles, AI, and robotics. Alexandra's litigation expertise spans the entire case life cycle in both state and federal courts. She handles all phases of discovery, including fact investigation and expert discovery. Alexandra has taken over twenty-five depositions, including experts, plaintiffs, treating physicians, and third-party witnesses. She drafts and argues motions of all types, including motions for summary judgment, motions to quash, and motions for preliminary injunction.

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<div class="videoWrapper"><iframe frameborder="0" class="sticky-video" allowfullscreen="1" title="Meet Penny Preovolos, Litigation Partner" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/hv7hYn-Bl7c?rel=0&showinfo=0;vq=hd1080" title="iframe"></iframe></div>Penelope has served as lead counsel in major consumer class actions and antitrust cases for more than 35 years, successfully representing high-profile defendants in antitrust, consumer fraud, and product defect matters. Her clients span a range of industries, including consumer electronics, technology, retail, publishing, food and beverage, cosmetics, and household products. According to Chambers USA, Penelope has a “great reputation for antitrust and product liability work” and is a “superb all-around antitrust lawyer.”Penelope was named the 2019 Antitrust Lawyer of the Year by the Antitrust, UCL, and Privacy Section of the California Lawyers Association. She was co-chair of MoFo’s antitrust practice for 14 years. She has served as chair of the Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section of the State Bar of California and as a member of the Ninth Circuit Advisory Committee on Local Rules and Operations. She is an editor of and frequent contributor to Morrison & Foerster’s <a href="https://classdismissed.mofo.com/">Class Dismissed blog</a>, as well as a frequent speaker about class action and antitrust issues.More About PenelopePenelope clerked for the Honorable Charles M. Merrill, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she was executive editor of the Harvard Civil Rights – Civil Liberties Law Review. Penelope was a member of Phi Beta Kappa at the University of California, Berkeley. She was awarded the University Medal, the highest undergraduate honor at the university, as well as the English Departmental Citation (awarded to the outstanding graduate in that department).

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Penelope has served as lead counsel in major consumer class actions and antitrust cases for more than 35 years, successfully representing high-profile defendants in antitrust, consumer fraud, and product defect matters. Her clients span a range of industries, including consumer electronics, technology, retail, publishing, food and beverage, cosmetics, and household products.

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Zak is an associate in the Litigation Department in Morrison Foerster’s New York office.Zak’s practice focuses on class actions, commercial litigation, white collar defense, government investigations, and antitrust litigation and counseling. He has represented clients before federal and state courts in complex commercial matters, as well as in arbitration tribunals.Zak received his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 2018, where he was inducted into the Order of the Barristers. During law school, Zak also served as the Marden executive editor for the NYU Law Moot Court Board. In 2013, Zak received his B.A. and M.A. in political science from Yale University, receiving honors in his major and the Ellsworth Prize for Best Senior Essay in the Social Sciences.

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Mitchell A. Hokanson is an associate in the Litigation Department of Morrison Foerster’s San Diego office.Mitchell’s practice focuses on commercial litigation and consumer class actions. He has extensive experience with civil litigation, including managing day-to-day strategy, propounding and responding to discovery, taking and defending depositions, and engaging in motion practice. He also has experience providing regulatory advice to clients, including pro bono partners and multinational corporations. Mitchell maintains an active pro bono practice.After law school, Mitchell worked as a judicial clerk for Justice Susan M. Carney of the Alaska Supreme Court, where he drafted bench memoranda and opinions on a wide range of state and federal law topics. Prior to joining MoFo, Mitchell worked for another international law firm, where he was a member of the Complex Civil Litigation practice group, in Los Angeles, California.Mitchell received his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was honored as a James Kent Scholar and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. While in law school he was the senior executive editor of the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law and worked as a judicial intern for Judge Sandra S. Ikuta of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judge George B. Daniels of the United States District Court, Southern District of New York. Prior to that, Mitchell earned his B.A. from Stanford University.

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When can you compel arbitration of a putative class action? The law is developing quickly<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" id="_ftnref1">[1]</a> and still doesn’t provide a crystal clear answer. The Ninth Circuit recently weighed in on two cases examining what happens when the parties don’t have an arbitration agreement to begin with. In Stafford v. Rite Aid Corporation and Franklin v. Community Regional Medical Center, et al., the defendants sought to compel arbitration on the basis of equitable estoppel, based on arbitration agreements between the defendants and third parties. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of the motion to compel arbitration in Stafford but came to the opposite conclusion in Franklin. The decisions show that the nature of the parties’ business and relationships, and the allegations in the complaint, can shape whether a dispute is arbitrable.<h3>STAFFORD V. RITE AID CORPORATION</h3>The Parties’ Relationship and Claims at Issue:Plaintiff Byron Stafford filed a putative class action against Rite Aid Corporation, alleging that it had fraudulently inflated the reported prices of prescription drugs to insurance companies. This practice allegedly resulted in plaintiff and others being overcharged for co-payments to Rite Aid.<a href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" id="_ftnref2">[2]</a> According to plaintiff, Rite Aid submitted claims for prescription drugs to the insurance company through its pharmacy benefits manager, who coordinated insurance reimbursements and co-payment calculations. The price on a claim form submitted to the pharmacy benefits manager allegedly determined the price that plaintiff was charged for his prescription drugs. Plaintiff claimed that because Rite Aid reported an improperly high price to the pharmacy benefits manager, Stafford paid more for the drugs than he should have. Based on these allegations, plaintiff asserted claims against Rite Aid under California’s Unfair Competition Law and the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act and for unjust enrichment and negligent misrepresentation.Rite Aid and plaintiff did not have a contract between them containing an arbitration clause. But, Rite Aid moved to compel arbitration based on the theory of equitable estoppel, arguing that plaintiff’s claims were intertwined with Rite Aid’s contracts with the pharmacy benefits managers, which contained arbitration clauses, and thus plaintiff’s claims were subject to arbitration. Under California law, plaintiffs can be bound by arbitration clauses in contracts they did not sign if the claims asserted are “dependent upon, or founded in and inextricably intertwined with, the underlying contractual obligations of the agreement contained the arbitration clause.”<a href="#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" id="_ftnref3">[3]</a>The Ninth Circuit Affirms the Denial of Rite Aid’s Motion to Compel:The district court denied Rite Aid’s motion to compel, finding that the principles of equitable estoppel did not bind plaintiff to the arbitration provisions in contracts he did not sign because his claims were based on Rite Aid’s alleged fraudulent actions rather than any breach of Rite Aid’s contracts with the pharmacy benefits managers. Rite Aid appealed, and the Ninth Circuit affirmed.The Ninth Circuit similarly held that equitable estoppel was inapplicable to plaintiff’s claims because he was not seeking damages for Rite Aid’s breach of its contracts with the pharmacy benefits managers, but rather for Rite Aid’s alleged fraud. The Ninth Circuit therefore found “irrelevant” Rite Aid’s contracts with the pharmacy benefits managers because “Rite Aid’s duty not to commit fraud is independent from any contractual requirements with the pharmacy benefits managers.”<a href="#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" id="_ftnref4">[4]</a> Because plaintiff’s claims did not depend on Rite Aid’s contractual obligations, the Court held that equitable estoppel did not bind plaintiff to the arbitration agreements in contracts to which he was not a party.<h3>FRANKLIN V. COMMUNITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, ET AL.</h3>The Parties’ Relationship and Claims at Issue:The same day Stafford came out, the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in Franklin, a putative wage and hour lawsuit asserting claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act and California law.<a href="#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" id="_ftnref5">[5]</a> Plaintiff was employed as a nurse by staffing agency United Staffing Solutions Inc. (“USSI”), and USSI assigned her to work at the defendant hospital. USSI and plaintiff signed two arbitration agreements—one in her employment agreement and another in the assignment contract governing her wages, overtime, shifts, and reimbursements at the hospital. The hospital was not a signatory to either contract, and no contracts existed between either (a) the hospital and plaintiff or (b) the hospital and USSI. Instead, the hospital contracted with a managed service provider to source nursing staff like plaintiff, and the managed service provider in turn contracted with USSI to provide the nursing staff for the hospital. Under this multi-party arrangement, the hospital retained supervision over plaintiff, but did not pay her directly. Rather, the hospital paid the managed service provider, which then paid USSI, which then paid plaintiff for her work.<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"><img src="https://media2.mofo.com/v3/images/blt5775cc69c999c255/blt1c85f96dfef80244/627315da8e09542a15b7de7b/210528-class-dismissed.gif?format=auto&quality=60" alt="Arbitration Chart" type="asset" sys-style-type="download"></div>In 2018, plaintiff filed a putative class and collective action against the hospital, alleging violations of the FLSA, California Labor Code, and California Unfair Competition law for the hospital’s purported failure to pay plaintiff for work she performed during meal breaks and off the clock, failure to provide accurate itemized wages statements, and failure to reimburse her for travel expenses. The hospital moved to compel arbitration of plaintiff’s claims.The Ninth Circuit Affirms the Compelling Plaintiff’s Claims to Arbitration:The district court granted the hospital’s motion to compel arbitration under the theory of equitable estoppel. It found that even though the hospital was a non-signatory to the arbitration provisions between Franklin and USSI, plaintiff’s statutory claims against the hospital were intimately founded in and intertwined with her contracts with USSI. Plaintiff appealed, and the Ninth Circuit affirmed.The Ninth Circuit ultimately followed the California Court of Appeal’s decision in Garcia v. Pexco, LLC, 217 Cal. Rptr. 3d 793 (Ct. App. 2017), which held that an employee’s Labor Code claims against a staffing agency’s non-signatory client were subject to arbitration because they were “intimately founded in and intertwined with” his employment contract with the staffing agency that contained binding arbitration provisions. The Ninth Circuit in Franklin found that “[i]t does not matter that Franklin’s allegations are leveled only at the Hospital and not USSI” because “[i]n matters of equity, such as the application of equitable estoppel, it is the substance of the plaintiff’s claim that counts, not the form of its pleading.”<a href="#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" id="_ftnref6">[6]</a> Based on the allegations and claims asserted in the complaint, the Court found that plaintiff’s employment with USSI “is central to her claims.”<a href="#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" id="_ftnref7">[7]</a> Because USSI was responsible for various employment practices plaintiff alleged were violated (including paying her), and plaintiff’s other claims required reference to the terms of her contracts with USSI, plaintiff could not avoid arbitration simply because she had sued only the hospital and omitted any mention of USSI in her complaint.<h3>TAKEAWAYS</h3>Stafford and Franklin are reminders that the way a company structures its business and contractual relationships can subject even the most carefully drafted arbitration provisions to an uncertain future. Applying the same principles of equitable estoppel, the Stafford court found the plaintiff’s fraud-based claims were not subject to arbitration, while the Franklin court found the plaintiff’s employment-related claims must be arbitrated. These two decisions—issued the same day by the same Court (albeit different panels of judges)—demonstrate the fact-specific analysis involved if a motion to compel is not based on a direct agreement containing an arbitration provision between the plaintiff and defendant.Morrison & Foerster’s Class Actions and Mass Torts attorneys have advised companies on a variety of arbitration-related issues. They can provide further insights on these recent court decisions, share best practices, and help draft and present arbitration provisions based on the needs of your business.<a href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" id="_ftn1">[1]</a> See, e.g., our October 2020 post on how appellate courts have addressed “delegation clauses” in arbitration agreements. Available at <a href="https://classdismissed.mofo.com/topics/recent-appellate-decisions-on-delegation-clauses-arbitration-agreements.html">https://classdismissed.mofo.com/topics/recent-appellate-decisions-on-delegation-clauses-arbitration-agreements.html</a>.<a href="#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" id="_ftn2">[2]</a> See generally Stafford v. Rite Aid Corp., No. 20-55333, 2021 WL 2024511 (9th Cir. May 21, 2021).<a href="#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" id="_ftn3">[3]</a> Id. at *3 (quoting Goldman v. KPMG, LLP, 92 Cal. Rptr. 3d 534, 542 (Ct. App. 2009)).<a href="#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" id="_ftn4">[4]</a> Id. at *4.<a href="#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" id="_ftn5">[5]</a> See generally Franklin v. Cmty. Reg'l Med. Ctr., No. 19-17570, 2021 WL 2024516 (9th Cir. May 21, 2021).<a href="#_ftnref6" name="_ftn6" id="_ftn6">[6]</a> Id. at *6.<a href="#_ftnref7" name="_ftn7" id="_ftn7">[7]</a> Id.

Adam Hunt is a partner in the Litigation Department of Morrison Foerster’s New York office. His practice focuses on complex litigation, with an emphasis on class action and commercial litigation.

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One Estopp Shop: The Ninth Circuit Weighs in on the Use of Equitable Estoppel to Compel Arbitration in Two Recent Decisions

Relief for the Unharmed: Supreme Court Considers Whether Article III & Rule 23 Permit Certification Where Most Class Members are Uninjured (Ramirez v. TransUnion)

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When can you compel arbitration of a putative class action? The law is developing quickly and still doesn’t provide a crystal clear answer. The Ninth Circuit re

One Estopp Shop: The Ninth Circuit Weighs in on the Use of Equitable Estoppel to Compel Arbitration in Two Recent Decisions

<p style="box-sizing: inherit;margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 1.25rem;margin-left: 0px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;font-size: 1.0625rem;line-height: 1.6;text-rendering: optimizelegibility;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;color: rgb(82, 83, 87);hyphens: manual;overflow-wrap: normal;">ASTM International recently approved a new performance standard that will tell consumers just how much protection their cloth face masks offer. Some face coverings like N-95 respirators and surgical masks must meet certain filtration requirements enforced by government agencies like the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). But, until recently, other masks like reusable gaiters and cloth face coverings had no performance standards whatsoever, making it impossible for consumers to judge how protective their masks were or to compare one mask to another.<p style="box-sizing: inherit;margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 1.25rem;margin-left: 0px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left: 0px;font-size: 1.0625rem;line-height: 1.6;text-rendering: optimizelegibility;font-variant-numeric: normal;font-variant-east-asian: normal;color: rgb(82, 83, 87);hyphens: manual;overflow-wrap: normal;">Read more on <a href="https://classdismissed.mofo.com/topics/mental-health-during-covid-19-fda-waivers-for-digital-health-devices_01.html">MoFo Life Sciences</a>.

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New Face Mask Performance Standard Has Consumers Covered

New Face Mask Performance Standard Has Consumers Covered

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ASTM International recently approved a new performance standard that will tell consumers just how much protection their cloth face masks offer. Some face coveri

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is laying the groundwork to test the scope of its rulemaking authority. On March 25, 2021, FTC Acting Chairwoman Rebecca Slaughter (D) formed a group within the agency’s Office of the General Counsel to centralize FTC rulemakings. In announcing the change, Slaughter said that it was “time for the Commission to activate its unfair methods of competition rulemaking authority” and that she is “excited for this new rulemaking group to explore all the possibilities.”<a name="_ftnref1" id="_ftnref1" href="https://www.mofo.com/resources/insights/210512-ftc-privacy-rulemaking.html#_ftn1" style="box-sizing: border-box;color: rgb(3, 65, 147);text-decoration-line: none;transition-duration: 0.2s;transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;transition-delay: 0s;transition-property: color;font-size: 16px;">[1]</a>Read our <a href="https://www.mofo.com/resources/insights/210512-ftc-privacy-rulemaking.html">client alert</a>.  <a href="https://www.mofo.com/resources/insights/210512-ftc-privacy-rulemaking.html#_ftnref1" id="_ftn1" name="_ftn1" style="box-sizing: border-box;color: rgb(3, 65, 147);text-decoration-line: none;background-color: transparent;transition-duration: 0.2s;transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;transition-delay: 0s;transition-property: color;">[1]</a> Press Release, Fed. Trade Comm’n, “FTC Acting Chairwoman Slaughter Announces New Rulemaking Group” (March 25, 2021), <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2021/03/ftc-acting-chairwoman-slaughter-announces-new-rulemaking-group" style="box-sizing: border-box;color: rgb(3, 65, 147);text-decoration-line: none;background-color: transparent;transition-duration: 0.2s;transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;transition-delay: 0s;transition-property: color;">https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2021/03/ftc-acting-chairwoman-slaughter-announces-new-rulemaking-group</a>.

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Clients seek out Julie because of her practical advice on cutting-edge issues at the intersection of privacy and consumer protection laws. She provides clients with practical solutions to compliance c

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Clients seek out Julie because of her practical advice on cutting-edge issues at the intersection of privacy and consumer protection laws. She provides clients with practical solutions to compliance challenges around a wide variety of both online and offline privacy issues, including tracking, interest-based advertising, geo-targeting and other mobile tracking, personalization, and cross-device tracking. Recognized in The Legal 500 US 2014, 2016, 2019, and 2020 and Chambers USA 2021 for her exceptional legal work, her clients praise her saying, “She is really good at giving practical, targeted advice and taking stock of what the risk profile of the client is, so that the advice is holistic.” (Chambers USA 2021).

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FTC & Privacy: Will the FTC's Rulemaking Push Result in New Privacy Rules?

FTC & Privacy: Will the FTC's Rulemaking Push Result in New Privacy Rules?

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is laying the groundwork to test the scope of its rulemaking authority. On March 25, 2021, FTC Acting Chairwoman Rebecca Slau

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appears poised to begin testing the scope of its rulemaking authority, including new substantive competition rules for the first time in decades.<a id="_ftnref1" name="_ftnref1" href="https://www.mofo.com/resources/insights/210511-ftc-lays-groundwork-rulemakings.html?utm_source=publication&utm_medium=email#_ftn1" class="anchor" style="box-sizing: border-box;color: rgb(3, 65, 147);text-decoration-line: none;transition-duration: 0.2s;transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;transition-delay: 0s;transition-property: color;font-size: 16px;">[1]</a> On March 25, 2021, FTC Acting Chairwoman Rebecca Slaughter (D) formed a group within the agency’s Office of the General Counsel to centralize FTC rulemakings. In announcing the change, Slaughter said that it was “time for the Commission to activate its unfair methods of competition rulemaking authority,” and that she is “excited for this new rulemaking group to explore all the possibilities.”<a id="_ftnref2" name="_ftnref2" href="https://www.mofo.com/resources/insights/210511-ftc-lays-groundwork-rulemakings.html?utm_source=publication&utm_medium=email#_ftn2" class="anchor" style="box-sizing: border-box;color: rgb(3, 65, 147);text-decoration-line: none;transition-duration: 0.2s;transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;transition-delay: 0s;transition-property: color;font-size: 16px;">[2]</a> Read our <a href="https://www.mofo.com/resources/insights/210511-ftc-lays-groundwork-rulemakings.html?utm_source=publication&utm_medium=email">client alert</a>.  <a id="_ftn1" name="_ftn1" href="https://www.mofo.com/resources/insights/210511-ftc-lays-groundwork-rulemakings.html?utm_source=publication&utm_medium=email#_ftnref1" class="offset" style="box-sizing: border-box;color: rgb(3, 65, 147);text-decoration-line: none;background-color: transparent;transition-duration: 0.2s;transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;transition-delay: 0s;transition-property: color;">[1]</a> See “Discriminatory Practices in Men’s and Boys’ Tailored Clothing Industry,” 16 CFR Part 412 (1968).  Note that this rule was repealed in 1994.  See Notice of Rule Repeal, 59 Fed. Reg. 8527 (Feb. 23, 1994).<a id="_ftn2" name="_ftn2" href="https://www.mofo.com/resources/insights/210511-ftc-lays-groundwork-rulemakings.html?utm_source=publication&utm_medium=email#_ftnref2" class="offset" style="box-sizing: border-box;color: rgb(3, 65, 147);text-decoration-line: none;background-color: transparent;transition-duration: 0.2s;transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;transition-delay: 0s;transition-property: color;">[2]</a> Press Release, Fed. Trade Comm’n, “FTC Acting Chairwoman Slaughter Announces New Rulemaking Group” (March 25, 2021), <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2021/03/ftc-acting-chairwoman-slaughter-announces-new-rulemaking-group" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box;color: rgb(3, 65, 147);text-decoration-line: none;background-color: transparent;transition-duration: 0.2s;transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;transition-delay: 0s;transition-property: color;">https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2021/03/ftc-acting-chairwoman-slaughter-announces-new-rulemaking-group</a>

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Co-chair Global Antitrust Law Practice Group

Alex Okuliar is Co-Chair of Morrison Foerster’s Global Antitrust Law Practice Group. He is the former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Antitrust Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Justice and a former advisor at the Federal Trade Commission.

Alexander Okuliar

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Joseph Folio is a trial lawyer and partner in Morrison Foerster’s Global Antitrust Law, Crisis Management, and Privacy + Data Security Groups, with more than a dozen years of experience leading complex government investigations and high-profile litigation.

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Joseph Folio III

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FTC Lays Groundwork for Rulemakings: Are New Substantive Competition Rules Coming?

AMG Capital v. FTC – SCOTUS Strips the FTC of a Critical Enforcement Tool

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FTC Lays Groundwork for Rulemakings: Are New Substantive Competition Rules Coming?

Erin Bosman and Arturo Gonzalez have been named to Law360's 2021 Editorial Advisory Board. These boards provide feedback on Law360's coverage and expert insight on how best to shape future coverage.Erin, co-chair of MoFo’s Class Actions + Mass Torts practice and founder and co-head of the Artificial Intelligence group, represents household names and leading companies in the pharmaceutical, medical device, technology, and artificial intelligence industries.Read more about the <a href="https://media2.mofo.com/v3/assets/blt5775cc69c999c255/blt0af676e3d29d3936/627315d17198441d81b3a513/210413-product-liability-editorial.pdf">Product Liability Editorial Advisory Board</a>.Arturo is chair of MoFo’s commercial litigation and trial practice group and is one of the nation’s top trial lawyers. He has tried matters for Uber, VMware, and Kaiser Permanente.Read more about the <a href="https://media2.mofo.com/v3/assets/blt5775cc69c999c255/blt02e32b114a88386b/627315d1220ab5285f519035/210419-trials-editorial-advisory-board.pdf">Trials Editorial Advisory Board</a>.

Fertility Center Litigation

Fitbit

MicroPort

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Lethal Injection Matters – Major Pharmaceutical Company

Pain Pump Matters – Large Pharmaceutical Company

Major Technology Company

Leading Chemical Company

Security Device Company

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Co-Chair, Litigation Department

Erin Bosman is the global co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s litigation department. Erin is also the founder and co-head of the Artificial Intelligence group and former chair of the Complex Litigation + Advisement practice group. Clients value her business strategy, seeking her comprehensive counsel throughout the product life cycle, especially in high-stakes litigation and product recalls.

Erin M. Bosman

Erin Bosman is the Global Co-Chair of Morrison Foerster’s Litigation Department. Erin is also the founder and co-head of the Artificial Intelligence Group and former chair of the Complex Litigation + Advisement Practice Group. Clients value her business strategy, seeking her comprehensive counsel throughout the product life cycle, especially in high-stakes litigation and product recalls.

Erin Bosman

Erin Bosman and Arturo Gonzalez Named to Law360's 2021 Editorial Advisory Board