• Nevada Passes Law Allowing Opt-Out of Data Sale

    Nevada has just passed SB 220, a data privacy law that permits consumers to opt-out of data sales by web operators.  The ... Read Article

    Telephone Consumer Protection Act Update – TCPA

    FCC Commissioner Delivers Pro-Telemarketer TCPA Speech – May 2019 FCC Commissioner Michael O’Reilly recently delivered a telemarketer defense-oriented speech at an event ... Read Article

    New York Becoming Leader of Financial Consumer Protection

    The state of New York has long been considered a leading advocate of consumer protection, particularly when it comes to regulating the ... Read Article

    FTC Warns Marketers to Take CIDs and Subpoenas Seriously

    The Federal Trade Commission obtains information through subpoenas and civil investigative demands (CIDs) pursuant to its mission to investigate deceptive and unfair ... Read Article

    FTC Signs Consumer Protection MOU With UK Regulator

    The Federal Trade Commission has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), a non-ministerial department ... Read Article

    FTC Defense Lawyer Alert: Third Circuit Limits FTC’s Enforcement Authority for Prior Conduct

    Bad facts for the Federal Trade Commission?  Maybe.  Resulting in bad law from the FTC’s perspective?  Maybe.  What is certain is that ... Read Article

    TCPA Alert: Court Rules that Transactional Text Messages Not Advertising and Coverage Developments

    The Northern District of California recently dismissed a plaintiff’s TCPA claim based on text messages that confirmed plaintiff’s hotel reservations and encouraged ... Read Article

    FDA Position on Cannabis-Derived Compounds

    Regulation of Products Containing Cannabis and Cannabis-Derived Compounds Immediately following the 2018 Farm Bill being signed into law, the U.S. Food and ... Read Article

    TCPA Alert December 2018

    FCC Releases Draft Order to Combat “Robocalls” The Federal Communications Commission recently released two draft orders intended to address  unlawful robocalls. The ... Read Article

    FTC Attorney on Recent TCPA Litigation Developments

    Congress Proposes Legislation to Combat Robocalls Congress has proposed a bill to attack robocalls.  The “TRACE Act” would expand FCC authority under ... Read Article

    TCPA News for Telemarketers

    SCOTUS Grants Certiorari in TCPA Case Following the ACA International decision from the D.C. Circuit, it was a matter of when, not ... Read Article

    California Court Says Customer Lists Not a Trade Secret

    The California Court of Appeal recently held that a non-solicitation of employee provision improperly impinged on the ability to freely engage in ... Read Article

    Online Advertising and “Enhanced Notice”

    A recent BBB opinion appears to be another harbinger of the direction that data privacy law is going.  Specifically, a decision by ... Read Article

    Individualized Issues of Consent Result in TCPA Class Action Certification Denial

    Class actions are designed to promote the efficiency of litigation by allowing the claims of a group of individuals with the same ... Read Article

    New Cyber Security Laws Effective

    On September 1, 2018, Colorado’s breach notification statute update became effective.  The legislation bolsters data privacy protections by requiring notice to Colorado ... Read Article

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