04.11.18
As part of Acting Director Mick Mulvaney’s efforts to overhaul the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau), it has released a series of requests for information (RFIs) over the past two months.
With CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney asking Congress to reduce the power of the very Bureau he presently leads, the question becomes this: Who will take the permanent reins at the CFPB, and when will that change occur?
Already the target of state and federal regulators, cryptocurrency is now being phased out of online advertising and social media.
Lenders that make loans to service members should pay careful attention to the latest developments in this area.
04.05.18
In its latest action, the Online Interest-Based Advertising Accountability Program emphasized the importance of enhanced notice for consumers of behavioral targeting.
The plaintiffs hit a snag in long-running litigation against Monster Beverage Corp. when a California federal court denied their motion to certify a class of nationwide consumers numbering in the hundreds of thousands.
At a recent conference, social media influencers took aim at what they perceive to be a double standard in enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Endorsement Guides.
04.04.18
Where overtime was an essential job function, the inability to work the extra hours doomed a plaintiff’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) lawsuit, a federal court in Texas recently ruled.
04.03.18
An Illinois federal district judge handed Yahoo a rare defense victory when it decertified the class of plaintiffs in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) lawsuit involving text messages sent from a user messaging platform based on evidence obtained from a phone carrier during the class ...
What should the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) do about reassigned numbers in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) context?