Takeaways:

The annual ABA Antitrust Law Spring Meeting held in Washington, D.C., last month included sessions on consumer protection. Key takeaways include the following:

• An increasing number of individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing are challenging the absence of closed captioning as a violation of the Americans with Disability Act (ADA).
• Companies placing video on their websites should consider whether they need to include closed captioning under the ADA.

Because pricing discount and sales class actions are likely to continue and retailers, especially brick-and-mortar ones, may have difficulty enforcing arbitration agreements and class action waivers, companies will want to not only check the ways in which they draft and enforce arbitration agreements, but carefully monitor compliance with pricing laws. 

Arbitration Poison Pill Spells Doom for AT&T's Arbitration Hopes 

Takeaways:

Cy pres remedies … are a growing feature of class action settlements. … In a suitable case, this Court may need to clarify the limits of the use of such remedies." Marek v. Lane, 134 S. Ct. 8, 9 (2013) (Roberts, C.J., respecting denial of certiorari).

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the State of Maine recently delivered yet another "gut check" to businesses engaging in weight loss advertising,