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Wiley Rein LLP

Wiley Consumer Protection Download (January 10, 2022)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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Interactive Council Newsletter: Privacy Report: Airline Sues Software Provider Over Data Breach

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Delta Sues Software Provider Over Data Breach - Delta Airlines sued its customer service chat provider, [24]7.ai Inc., in New York federal court accusing it of lax digital security practices that allowed a hacker to steal...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FTC Grants Sears’ Petition to Reopen and Modify 2009 Order Concerning Online Browsing Tracking

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently granted a petition by Sears Holding Management requesting that the FTC reopen and modify a 2009 FTC order settling charges that Sears failed to disclose adequately the scope of...more

Hogan Lovells

Hogan Lovells Represents Sears in Achieving First-Ever Modification to FTC Privacy Consent Order

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The FTC has approved the first-ever petition to reopen and modify a privacy-related consent order. The petition, filed by Sears Holdings Management Corporation, sought to amend the terms of Sears’ 2009 consent order (the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Zenefits’ Saga in Washington State Continues: Reviewing Officer Reverses ALJ and Finds that Provision of Free Software to General...

• Zenefits’ practice of providing free software to the general public constitutes an improper rebate under the state’s anti-rebate provisions • Ruling could have significant impact on brokers’ ability to provide...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Washington Administrative Law Judge: Zenefits’ Provision of Free Software to General Public Does Not Constitute an Improper...

• Washington Administrative Law Judge rules that Zenefit’s provision of free software to general public does not infringe on the state’s anti-rebate laws due to value it provides to Washington businesses; however,...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Lenovo-FTC Consent Order Calls For 20-Year Monitoring Period

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Laptop-maker Lenovo (United States), Inc. agreed to a no-fault settlement with the Federal Trade Commission and 32 states over allegations that it installed ad software that compromised customers’ web security and invaded...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Lenovo Settles FTC Charges Regarding Pre-Installed Software That Compromised Consumers' Cybersecurity and Privacy

On September 5, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it and 32 state attorneys general had settled charges with Lenovo regarding the company's practice of pre-loading software on its laptops that...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - August 2016

Court Awake To Plaintiff’s Deceptive Sleep-Tracking Claims Against Fitbit - A challenge to Fitbit’s claims that certain models of its exercise monitoring device tracked users’ sleep patterns will move forward after a...more

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