08.30.18
Leaving the plaintiff even more unsatisfied, a California federal court judge granted L.L. Bean’s motion to dismiss a challenge to the company’s change in guarantee.
The Supreme Court’s decision in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California continues to pay dividends for Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) defendants, as another Illinois federal court agreed that the opinion prevented it from certifying a nationwide class of ...
A Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) claim survives the death of the plaintiff, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit has ruled, declaring the statute is “remedial” in nature and not penal.
A nonsignatory to an agreement is not bound by an arbitration provision contained in the contract, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit determined in a case involving the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
Using a combination of cash and gift cards, Bloomingdale’s agreed to pay a total of $1.4 million to settle a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) suit arising over text messages.
As we have previously reported, the recent ACA International decision from the D.C. Circuit changed the face of litigation in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) world by striking down the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) 2015 automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) ...
In the wake of the major shake-up resulting from the D.C. Circuit’s recent decision, ACA International v. FCC, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a public notice requesting comment on how the agency should interpret the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) moving ...
08.29.18
A reminder from the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS): Beginning Sept. 4, all banks, insurance companies and other financial services institutions regulated by the DFS must begin complying with several additional requirements of the agency’s landmark cybersecurity regulation.
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director Kenneth A. Blanco recently discussed his agency’s efforts in the area of virtual currency, explaining the fine line between encouraging innovation and protecting consumers.
California’s legislature passed a bill last week further regulating the collection of time-barred debt under the Rosenthal Act, California’s version of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).