The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") recently entered into a settlement with a company and its owner to prevent them from making allegedly deceptive marketing representations to consumers that their dietary supplements effectively treat childhood speech disorders.

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has awarded a Time Warner Cable Inc. customer $229,500 in connection with 163 autodialed calls placed to her cell phone over a 13-month period.

On July 12, 2017, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington dismissed a putative class action complaint filed against Twilio, Inc., alleging that the platform had violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

On January 26, 2015, a judge for the Central District of California entered an order preliminarily approving a $2.7 million settlement to resolve a Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") class action lawsuit against USCB, Inc. ("USCB").

For the past four years, the World Wide Web Consortium ("W3C") has been working to update version 2.0 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines ("WCAG") ...

Over the last two years, there has been an explosion of lawsuits brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") concerning issues involving website accessibility.

On October 9, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") announced that WordSmart Corporation ("WordSmart"), the popular retailer of children’s educational products, agreed to an $18 million+ settlement for allegedly engaging in deceptive advertising in violation of the FTC Act.

On June 8, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California alleging that Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc. ("Wyndham") violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA").

As readers of our blog know, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 ("CCPA") went into effect on January 1, 2022, with the aim of affording consumers "more control" over what companies...

As reported previously on this blog, Utah was poised to become the fourth state to pass a comprehensive consumer privacy law, joining California, Colorado, and Virginia.

As our readers know, a recent federal court decision left the fate of the Federal Communications Commission's ("FCC") one-to-one consent rule under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA")...

After suffering a loss in New York State federal court, Sirius XM Radio, Inc. ("Sirius") has now been granted the right to appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals a summary judgment ..

In a recently released Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Federal Trade Commission is seeking comment on certain important proposed amendments to the Telemarketing Sales Rule .

On July 1, 2020, the California State Attorney General ("AG") began enforcement action against businesses that it believes have violated the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA").

As our readers know, lawsuits alleging illegal wiretapping claims against companies that collect consumers' data continue unabated.

Readers of this blog are aware of the barrage of California Invasion of Privacy ("CIPA") claims brought against online companies. Recently, an unfavorable decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals...

Companies often hire celebrities to promote their goods and services. It is an efficient and lucrative way to generate attention and interest in brands. Keep in mind that individuals...

On July 25, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued an en banc decision in Drazen v. Pinto, holding that receipt of a single unsolicited text message confers...

On July 27, 2023, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed HB 2052 ("the Act") into law. The Act relates to data broker registration for entities that qualify as data broker under the Act.

We have seen an increase in lawsuits alleging automatic renewal law ("ARL") violations in the State of California. Because our readers may not be familiar with the ARL and the lawsuits that have followed...