Christina Tabacco

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An Inside Look at FTC Enforcement Actions in...

Since its inception in 1914, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nation's consumer protection watchdog with antitrust oversight, has shapeshifted as its enforcement authority has fluctuated with prevailing executive...

Analytics Reveal the Fastest Federal Courts in the Nation

The Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) is famously known as the “Rocket Docket,” a nickname that dates to the 1950s when Judge Walter E. Hoffman decided to hold court...

Raw Deal: Food Fraud Litigation on the Rise

Concerned consumers may inspect food labels while grocery shopping, wary of ingredients like artificial preservatives, stabilizers, and flavor enhancers, or claims like "heart safe" or "100% natural." Yet, such...

Data Breach Litigation Explodes in the Last Decade

The tide of litigation from an increasingly frequent form of cybercrime, data breaches, is on the rise in the United States and globally. Data breaches are sector-agnostic, impacting governments,...

Order’s Up: Online Food Ordering Platforms See Upticks in...

While many industries limped through the COVID-19 pandemic, online food order and delivery platforms thrived in the face of the nationwide shutdown. Restaurants and patrons alike turned to these...

Litigation Jungle: Amazon Faced 13,000 Actions in Last Six...

With net sales of over $514 billion in 2022, Amazon is among America's and the world's highest earning companies. Its business is diverse—from pharmacy services to cloud computing to...