ArticleFederal Court Dismisses Cigarette Trafficking Lawsuit Against FedExA federal court recently dismissed a lawsuit filed the State of New York and the City of New York against FedEx Ground and FedEx Freight. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
ArticleHHS Launches Phase 2 HIPAA AuditsThe HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced that the long-expected Phase 2 HIPAA audits are underway. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
ArticleLos Angeles City Attorney Takes Actions Against E-Cigarette Companies For Online SalesOn October 31, Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer filed a complaint in California state court seeking an injunction against a California-based e-cigarette company to bar online sales of vaping products ...United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
ArticleGrowth Prospects For Government Contractors In The Trump EraEach administration arrives in Washington with high hopes of making meaningful change to the way the Federal Government spends money.United StatesGovernment, Public SectorTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
ArticleVirginia Governor Vetoes Outside Counsel Transparency BillVirginia Governor Terry McAuliffe recently vetoed a bill that would have required public posting of most state contracts with private lawyers.United StatesGovernment, Public SectorTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
ArticleNinth Circuit Limits Ability Of Holdover Occupants To Delay Eviction By Filing BankruptcyOn January 8, in the case of Eden Place, LLC v. Perl (In re Perl), the Ninth Circuit issued a published opinion, overturning the decision of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel...United StatesInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
Article#FlashbackFriday Patents: Doggy Dust CoverKicking off our new weekly series highlighting a significant, hilarious, and/or downright goofy patent filed on this day in history...United StatesIntellectual PropertyTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
Article#ThrowbackThursday Trademarks: "Rummy Rumble"On this day in 1985, International Games, Inc.'s trademark RUMMY RUMBLE registered with the USPTO (No. 1364678)...United StatesIntellectual PropertyTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
ArticleCourt Rejects Proposed Class Action Notice Plan Involving Untargeted Social Media Notification To Class MembersOn March 5, a judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected a plaintiff’s proposal to notify proposed class members of a Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuit.United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
ArticleSupreme Court To Weigh In On FCC Deference In TCPA Junk Fax CaseThe U.S. Supreme Court has granted a petition by a healthcare company to consider whether courts must give deference to the FCC's legal interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
ArticleWhole Foods Becomes Most Recent Retailer To Settle FCRA Background Check LawsuitOn September 15, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida preliminarily approved a Fair Credit Reporting Act background check class action settlement in Speer v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
ArticleFCC Holds Calls About Free Clinical Pharmaceutical Trials Are Not "Advertising" Under The TCPAOn January 15, in response to a petition from Acurian seeking clarification on the non-commercial purpose exemption, the FCC held that prerecorded calls to residential phone numbers United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
ArticlePresident Biden Calls On Rosenworcel As Acting FCC ChairPresident Biden's pattern of selecting strong consumer advocates for executive branch leadership positions continued last Thursday, when he appointed current Federal Communications Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel ...United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
Article7th Circuit Rejects Neiman Marcus' Request For Rehearing Over Standing In Data Breach Class Action Suit The ruling will allow the suit in Illinois federal district court to move forward.United StatesPrivacyTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
ArticleData Privacy: The Current Legal Landscape Quarterly UpdateNavigating the rapidly shifting contours of data privacy law demands a pragmatic approach. To that end, we hope you benefited from our inaugural publication.United StatesPrivacyTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
ArticleData Privacy: The Current Legal Landscape – Quarterly Update, October 2016Navigating the rapidly shifting contours of data privacy law demands a pragmatic approach.United StatesPrivacyTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
ArticleSeventh Circuit Finds Plaintiffs Have Standing In Neiman Marcus Data Breach SuitThe appellate decision is styled Remijas et al. v. The Neiman Marcus Group LLC, Case No. 14-3122. United StatesPrivacyTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
Article"Hello? Hello? Can You Hear Me?"Poor cell phone reception and dead zones are not issues you want your tenants and their customers enduring.United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
ArticleTrading CERCLA For Spearin In El Dorado County: Shifting The Risk Of Unknown Site Pollution To The Government In CERCLA Consent DecreesAtlanta associate Brian Mink had his article – "Trading CERCLA for Spearin in El Dorado County: Shifting the Risk of Unknown Site Pollution to the Government in CERCLA Consent Decrees" – published by the American Bar Association in its Fall 2015 Construction Lawyer magazine. United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
ArticleDOT Requests Input Regarding Burdensome Regulatory RequirementsAs part of his regulatory reform agenda, President Donald Trump instructed federal agencies to review their regulations to identify requirements that burden businesses and industry.United StatesTransportTroutman Pepper Locke LLP