• FTC Testifies Before Congress About Combatting Payment Processors That Facilitate Fraud

    On July 26, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission testified before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National ... Read Article

    FTC Reiterates Privacy and Data Security Priorities

    The Federal Trade Commission recently testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee about its work to protect consumers, promote competition, privacy ... Read Article

    California Enacts GDPR-Like Privacy Changes

    On the heels of Colorado’s new cybersecurity legislation, California has now announced that it has  enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act of ... Read Article

    Vermont Enacts “Double Opt-In” Automatic Renewal Legislation

    In anticipation of changes to California’s automatic renewal law (ARL) becoming effective next month, Vermont has now become the first state to ... Read Article

    FTC Defense Lawyer on Colorado’s Cybersecurity Legislation

    Colorado’s governor recently signed into law House Bill 18-1128.  It is effective September 1, 2018 and sets forth information security requirements for ... Read Article

    California Bill Introduced That Would Further Restrict Commercial Email Advertising

    An Assembly member recently introduced AB 2546, an author-sponsored bill that would amend California’s anti-SPAM legislation (CBPC § 17529.5).  The potential impact ... Read Article

    Senators Propose Internet Privacy Bill That Threatens Digital Advertising

    Earlier this month, Senators Richard Blumenthal and Ed Markey (D-MA) introduced new privacy legislation entitled the Customer Online Notification for Stopping Edge-provider ... Read Article

    FTC Investigation and Enforcement Trends

    Privacy and data security-related issues remain a hot-button subject and the parameters are still being defined by the FTC, as well as ... Read Article

    The Story Behind $O FTC Settlements and Suspended Judgments

    It is a phrase you see or hear attorneys make when describing FTC settlements:  “The order includes a suspended judgment.” The Federal ... Read Article

    SCOTUS to Hear Internet Sales Tax Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by South Dakota of high-court precedent dating back to the pre-internet era.  ... Read Article

    FTC Defense Lawyer Report:  Top 10 FTC Consumer Protection Topics (2017)

    The FTC’s recent law enforcement and policy initiatives suggest that the agency will continue to aggressively pursue a broad spectrum of unfair ... Read Article

    Processor that Provided “Substantial Assistance” Found Jointly and Severally Liable for Actions of Telemarketer

    On December 13, 2017, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court decision finding a credit card payment processor jointly ... Read Article

    FTC and FCC Announce MOU to Coordinate Online Consumer Protection Efforts

    On December 11 2017, the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission announced their intent to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding ... Read Article

    FDA Issues CBD Substantiation Warnings

    On November 1, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warning letters to four companies with respect to CBD-related claims made ... Read Article

    RIP Net Neutrality

    Net neutrality, the “First Amendment of the Internet,” is the idea that ISPs should treat everyone’s data equally.  It ensures that the ... Read Article

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