Senate Passes Open App Markets Act (OAMA) On February 3rd, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Open App Markets Act (OAMA) by a strong bipartisan vote of 20-2. OAMA would prevent Apple and Google from using their market power to require app developers to use a specific in-app payment system or from unfairly promoting their own [...]
House Passes the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act (FAIR Act) On March 17th, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act (FAIR Act) by a vote of 222-209. The FAIR Act would prohibit the enforcement of forced arbitration clauses in consumer, employment and civil rights disputes and in antitrust class actions. [...]
CGL is working with CCI to ensure that the principle of polluter pays is upheld in any climate legislation that is enacted by Congress. For additional information, please contact Pamela Gilbert at (202)789-3960, or by email at pamelag@cuneolaw.com.
CGL represents AAJ, a national association of trial lawyers, in efforts before Congress to promote a fair and effective civil justice system. Current work for AAJ includes ensuring businesses that fail to follow proper safety practices to prevent COVID-19 can be held accountable by patients, consumers and workers; ensuring that people who are injured and [...]
Representing The National Association of Shareholder and Consumer Attorneys (NASCAT), our firm led the charge for an extension of the statute of limitations in securities fraud cases as part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. That controversial provision was adopted over Republican stall tactics on the floor of the Senate aimed exclusively at this provision. [...]
We are the Washington, DC representatives for COSAL, which was established in 1986 to promote and support the enactment, preservation and enforcement of a strong body of antitrust laws in the United States. It is the only organization in Washington, D.C. that is dedicated to lobbying for strong antitrust laws and effective private enforcement. In [...]
We directed a nationwide coalition of hundreds of public interest organizations and state and local government entities in a multi-million dollar legislative campaign to protect investor rights. The campaign prevented the worst aspects of proposed limits on the rights of investors from being enacted by Congress in the 2006 Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA). [...]
CGL is the Washington, DC representative for COSAL, which was established in 1986 to promote and support the enactment, preservation and enforcement of a strong body antitrust laws in the United States. It is the only organization in Washington, DC that is dedicated to lobbying for strong antitrust laws and effective private enforcement. For additional [...]