FTC Discusses the Intersection Between Privacy and Innovation

FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips recently spoke at the Internet Governance Forum in Washington, D.C. about potential negative consequences surrounding rapidly expanding national ... Read Article

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
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