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News & Analysis as of May 20, 2013

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update -- Vol. 3, Issue 3 -- June 2012

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 6/6/2012

In This Issue: Lawmakers Rush to Ban Employers From Demanding Facebook Passwords; California Provides Social Media Guidance for Financial Institutions; What’s Not to "Like"? Facebook Usage and the First Amendment; New...more

FTC, CFPB, DOJ File Brief in Suit Challenging FCRA Constitutionality

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/14/2012

On May 8, the FTC announced that it had joined the CFPB and the DOJ to file a brief supporting the constitutionality of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The brief was filed in a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the...more

Financial Institution Facing New Lawsuit For Offshoring Call And Data Center Services

by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 8/15/2011

The offshore outsourcing of customer service call center and data center services to locations outside of the U.S. has become a fairly standard business practice in many industries. Now, a consumer class action lawsuit filed...more

Constraints On Calif. Credit Card Class Actions

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/25/2011

Law360, New York (June 23, 2011) -- In the wake of Pineda v. Williams-Sonoma Stores Inc. (2011) 51 Cal. 4th 524, Divisions One and Five of California's Second Appellate District have published two opinions that put some...more

Special Report: California Supreme Court Announces State Law Prohibits Marketing Requests for ZIP Codes

by Venable LLP on 2/21/2011

In a case with major implications for retailers and marketers, the Supreme Court of California ruled on February 10, 2011 that state law prohibits businesses from requesting and recording ZIP codes from consumers prior to...more

California Supreme Court Holds that Zip Codes Constitute "Personal Identification Information" under the Song-Beverly Credit Card...

by Barger & Wolen on 2/18/2011

In Pineda v. Williams-Sonoma Stores Inc., 2011 Cal. LEXIS 1355 (February 10, 2011), the California Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether a person’s zip code constitutes “personal identification information” under the...more

North Carolina's Audit Practice Violates the First Amendment

by Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 10/27/2010

On October 25, a U.S. District Court granted Amazon.com, LLC’s (Amazon) motion for summary judgment and held that the North Carolina Department of Revenue (Department) was not entitled to demand both product and customer...more

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