This article explores how personally identifiable information has been defined in leading Video Privacy Protection Act actions and looks at how concerns over the potential sensitivity of geolocation information may alter how courts handle PII.

Last Summer, a Florida brewery made national headlines by announcing an innovation: biodegradable six-pack rings.

State attorneys general from multiple jurisdictions have taken significant enforcement actions targeting anticompetitive practices in the pharmaceutical and real estate sectors, while also addressing consumer protection violations in subscription services and food labeling. These coordinated efforts demonstrate the growing role of state AGs in policing market competition and protecting consumers from deceptive business practices.

As part of this effort, TTB transitioned 11 of its existing investigators to new roles focusing exclusively on trade practice enforcement.

Cadwalader attorneys described the implications to the structured finance industry of an enforcement action brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau against the National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the midst of what many see as its most serious challenge to date.

On April 4, 2024, the Middle District of Florida dismissed a non-consumer plaintiff's Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act (FDUTPA) claim for failure to plead injury to consumers.

When Zuru ran a program encouraging consumers to post product reviews in exchange for reimbursement, Procter & Gamble challenged the practice before NAD, arguing that consumers weren't instructed to disclose the incentive. While Zuru maintained the program wasn't problematic since reimbursement didn't depend on positive sentiment, the company agreed to require clear disclosure of the financial incentive in future reviews.

A new California law, Senate Bill No. 478, takes aim at "drip pricing," the practice of advertising goods or services at one price and then adding mandatory charges or fees later in the sales transaction.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit On October 17, 2012 ruled that Best Buy Stores, L.P. violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and Washington state law by failing to obtain consumers’ consent before placing prerecorded calls urging the consumers to redeem their rewards points.

Operating a GA business? Understand the Fair Business Practices Act

Pennsylvania is poised to introduce significant changes to its telemarketing compliance requirements that will impact companies making marketing calls and their vendor partners. With states increasingly implementing their own consumer protection standards, businesses must evaluate their calling practices, consent procedures, and vendor oversight strategies. This episode examines what these regulatory developments mean for companies that cannot rely on uniform federal standards alone.

Every week, courts around the United States issue decisions addressing aspects of civil UDAAP claims.

FINRA proposed amending its rules to increase the ability of broker-dealers to prevent the financial exploitation of senior citizens and other vulnerable adults.

The CFPB alleges that PF-PI, and its individual members, operated a scheme to defraud investors and elderly consumers out of their pensions.

Many leases of personal property and contracts for service, maintenance or repairs, contain an automatic renewal provision that provides, in effect, that the lease or contract will automatically renew for a specified term unless the lessee or party receiving the service, maintenance or repairs sends notice prior to the expiration of the lease or contract of their intention not to renew.

The enforcement actions impose civil money penalties on Citizens Bank and order the various entities to make restitution to affected customers and businesses...

On May 19, 2016, the Vermont Attorney General announced that it had executed an Assurance of Discontinuance with a payment processor arising out of the Attorney General's allegation...

On September 26, Judge William Walls of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey ruled that a putative class action lawsuit against home goods retailer Williams-Sonoma failed to state a claim under New Jersey law.

Operators of a get-rich-quick scheme have agreed to a permanent ban on the marketing or selling of certain types of software as part of a settlement with the FTC over allegations that the defendants deceived consumers ...