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title: 2015 February
url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-february
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# [2015 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-february "2015 February")

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Articles in this issue:

## [Wage-and-hour class actions: The law and the cases that have shaped it](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-february/wage-and-hour-class-actions-the-law-and-the-cases-that-have-shaped-it "Wage-and-hour class actions: The law and the cases that have shaped it")

Strong labor laws, the Unfair Competition law and recovery of attorney’s fees drive employment class actions in California

[Mike Arias](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/mike-arias "Mike Arias")

## [Web privacy litigation – Where is it heading?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-february/web-privacy-litigation-where-is-it-heading "Web privacy litigation – Where is it heading?")

Google and Facebook may know more about us than we want them to, but exactly what privacy laws have they violated, and do these laws take into account today’s electronic business models?

[Ara Jabagchourian](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ara-jabagchourian "Ara Jabagchourian")

## [Punitive damages: Punishing and deterring oppression, fraud, and malice](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-february/punitive-damages-punishing-and-deterring-oppression-fraud-and-malice "Punitive damages: Punishing and deterring oppression, fraud, and malice")

A review of the statutes, case law and constitutional holdings, and illustrative cases

[Garo Mardirossian](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/garo-mardirossian "Garo Mardirossian")

## [The Darvocet headache](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-february/the-darvocet-headache "The Darvocet headache")

The Ninth Circuit broadens the Class Action Fairness Act, dealing a blow to big-pharma cases

[Pete Kaufman](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/pete-kaufman "Pete Kaufman")

## [Fraud after [[case]]Riverisland[[/case]] and [[case]]Julius Castle[[/case]]](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-february/fraud-after-case-riverisland-case-and-case-julius-castle-case "Fraud after [[case]]Riverisland[[/case]] and [[case]]Julius Castle[[/case]]")

Consumers can now present evidence of oral promises at odds with their written contracts even if the contract has an integration clause

[Andrew M. Jacobson](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/andrew-m-jacobson "Andrew M. Jacobson")
[Jared W. Beilke](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jared-w-beilke "Jared W. Beilke")
[Paul A. Traina](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/paul-a-traina "Paul A. Traina")

## [Principles of litigating consumer class actions](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-february/principles-of-litigating-consumer-class-actions "Principles of litigating consumer class actions")

While class actions are complex, the cases most suited to class treatment are statutory-driven cases with a simple damages analysis

[Abbas Kazerounian](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/abbas-kazerounian "Abbas Kazerounian")

## [The Case against the Supreme Court](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-february/the-case-against-the-supreme-court "The Case against the Supreme Court")

The Case against the Supreme Court

[Donna Bader](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/donna-bader-3 "Donna Bader")