12.28.17
The New York Court of Appeals will consider the state’s law prohibiting merchants from imposing credit card surcharges, following certification of that question by the Second Circuit, on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Finding the action unripe, a federal court judge has dismissed the New York Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) challenge to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) decision to grant special purpose national bank charters.
The Department of Defense (DoD) released a new interpretive rule under the Military Lending Act (MLA), building on prior interpretive guidance.
In an attack on heavily criticized practices from Operation Choke Point, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would place limits on federal bank regulators ordering account closures.
Video advertising regulation will begin April 1, 2018, the Online Interest-Based Advertising Accountability Program announced this week with a Compliance Warning.
In a case described by the judge as presenting an “important question regarding the emerging ‘mash-up’ culture,” a jury will consider the copyright and trademark claims raised by a Star Trek version of Dr. Seuss’s Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Fitbit may lose some sleep over a putative class action challenging the advertising claims for its sleep-tracking function after the court denied the company’s motion for summary judgment in the case.
Opening the Federal Trade Commission’s workshop on informational injury, Acting Chair Maureen K. Ohlhausen said the government “does the most good with the fewest unintended side effects when it focuses on addressing actual or likely substantial consumer injury instead of expending ...
12.22.17
In an explosive letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) employee claims that her former bosses asked her to falsify records in a payday lender examination that resulted in a multimillion-dollar settlement.
12.21.17
In an effort to avoid unsavory or illegal posts, Instagram and YouTube have introduced new limitations on content.