Web Terms & Conditions No Longer One-Size-Fits-All In Complex Legal Landscape
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The class-action plaintiffs bar is playing "gotcha," targeting companies for website terms and conditions, privacy policies and other consumer contracts that violate various laws across the US, which firms are struggling to keep up with. Tucker Ellis attorney Ronie Schmelz discusses.
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