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Charles W. Niemann

Associado

Charles (Charlie) Niemann is a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice and the Consumer Law, Finance & Class Action Group. Charlie has broad experience litigating complex commercial and class action disputes in state and federal court, in addition to arbitral forums. He has defended clients against claims brought under various consumer protection statutes and in the area of antitrust.

 

Apresentações e publicações

  • Co-author, “Resolving Business Disputes: U.S. Discovery in Aid of International Private Commercial Arbitration,” Wisconsin Lawyer (November 10, 2020)
  • Co-author, “U.S. Discovery in Aid of International Private Commercial Arbitration,” ARIAS•U.S. Quarterly (September 2020)
  • Co-author, “Supreme Court to Decide Whether Reference to Injunctive Relief in Arbitration Clause Gives Court Power to Rule on Arbitrability of Dispute,” Legal News: Insurance & Reinsurance (July 17, 2020)
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29 de outubro de 2025 Pontos de vista de Foley

CFPB anuncia nova regra interpretativa que clarifica o âmbito da isenção da FCRA

Partilhar no Twitter Partilhar por e-mail Partilhar Voltar ao topo O Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) anunciou ontem uma regra interpretativa que clarifica o âmbito da preempção da Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) das leis estatais que tocam na área da informação de crédito. Ao implementar esta regra, o CFPB confirmou a retirada em maio de 2025 da sua regra interpretativa de julho de 2022, que procurava limitar o âmbito da preempção federal ao abrigo da FCRA.
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September 16, 2024 Consumer Class Defense Counsel

Fourth Circuit Holds No Article III Standing Where No Third-Party Viewed Inaccurate Information

On September 11, 2024, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that there is no publication to a third party — and therefore no Article III standing under the Fair Credit Reporting Act — where the recipient of a consumer report did not read, understand, or otherwise consider allegedly inaccurate information appearing in the report.
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May 15, 2024 Consumer Class Defense Counsel

Some Judges Have — Naturally — Grown Skeptical of False Advertising Class Actions Challenging “Natural” Labels

Among recent trends in consumer product false advertising class actions has been the rise in cases alleging false advertising for products touting ingredients as “all natural” or “100% natural.”
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November 1, 2023 Foley Viewpoints

S.D.N.Y. Finds Arbitration Clause in Insurance Contract Unenforceable, Following Second Circuit Precedent that the McCarran-Ferguson Act Preempts the New York Convention

Two recent decisions from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York highlight the split among circuits on whether state insurance laws that prohibit arbitration of insurance and reinsurance disputes are preempted by the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards.
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April 17, 2023 Foley Viewpoints

Eleventh Circuit Joins Its Sister Circuits in Holding that the FAA’s Grounds for Vacating Domestic Awards Are Available to Challenge International Arbitration Awards Rendered in the United States or Decided under U.S. Law

The Eleventh Circuit held last week that in primary jurisdiction cases, “Chapter 1 of the FAA provides the grounds for vacatur of an arbitral award.”
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February 3, 2023 Foley Viewpoints

Can a Federal Court Refuse Recognition of a Nondomestic Arbitral Award Issued in the United States on the “Exceeding Powers” Ground?

On February 14, the en banc Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral argument in Corporacion AIC, S.A. v. Hidroelectrica Santa Rita S.A. (AICSA v. HSR), a case with significant importance for the enforceability in the United States of nondomestic arbitration awards that are rendered in such busy arbitral seats as Miami and Atlanta.