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The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a class action accusing First Data of imposing an unfair and unlawful penalty on small business merchants that break the credit card terminal leases. The lawsuit against First Data challenges the enforceability of an optional liquidated damages clause that purports to give First Data the option to […]

We are pleased to announce that Abtahi Law Firm has changed its name to Abtahi Law Group. Abtahi Law Group will operate in California as a professional corporation based in Newport Beach. In the coming months, we look forward to expanding our practice to Chicago. Ali Abtahi will serve as the managing attorney for Abtahi […]

On January 21, 2015, United States District Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted final approval of a $5.3 million settlement to resolve claims that Aurora Loan Services, LLC (“Aurora”) used deceptive mortgage forbearance agreements that extracted payments from distressed California borrowers. The Court also […]

Ali Abtahi, founding member of Abtahi Law Firm, was appointed to serve a three-year term on the State Bar of California’s Committee on Federal Courts. His term commenced on September 14, 2014. The Committee on Federal Courts studies, recommends, and reports on proposed changes in the rules, procedures and practices of the federal courts in California. […]

On May 3 2012, United States Magistrate Judge E. Thomas Boyle, recommended the certification of declaratory and injunctive relief claims brought on behalf of merchants who leased credit card point of sales terminals from First Data. Magistrate Judge Boyle recommended that Ali Abtahi be appointed as class counsel. The lawsuit seeks declaration and injunctive relief […]