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New York Federal Court Certifies TCPA Class Where Phone Numbers Were Obtained Through a Third-Party Website

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In Aley v. Lightfire Partners, LLC, a U.S. District Court in the Northern District of New York certified aa Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action for all persons whose telephone numbers were on the National Do...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Medicare One-to-One Consent Rules Go Into Effect October 1!

Readers of this blog are aware of the fact that, beginning on October 1, 2024, the Medicare one-to-one consent rules will go into effect – requiring Third Party Marketing Organizations (“TPMOs”) who engage in Medicare-related...more

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Calhoun v. Google - Continued Considerations for Privacy Notices

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Website owners often struggle to design privacy policies that are not only comprehensive, but also comprehensible. The tension between these competing concerns was in sharp focus in a recent Ninth Circuit decision, Calhoun v....more

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Recent FTC Settlement a Reminder of Agency Focus on Disclosing Health Information to Third-Parties

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On April 11, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it has banned an alcohol addiction treatment firm from disclosing health data for advertising purposes in order to settle agency charges that the company shared...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Federal Trade Commission Continues to Target Healthcare Companies for Unauthorized Data Disclosures

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has assumed the authority to enforce unauthorized data disclosures under the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act). During the past three weeks, the FTC has used this authority to go after...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

FCC Fines Major Wireless Carriers For Data Privacy Violations

On April 29, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) announced that it had fined the nation’s largest wireless carriers a total of $196 million for violating consumer data privacy rights. AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FCC Fines Wireless Carriers $200M for Sharing Location Data with Third Parties

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that it has levied almost $200 million in fines against “the nation’s largest wireless carriers for illegally sharing access to customers’ location information without...more

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U.S. Privacy Litigation Update: February 2024

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Keypoint: Courts continue to issue conflicting decisions in wiretapping cases while one court has expanded who may be considered a “video tape service provider” under the VPPA. Welcome to the eleventh installment in our...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FDIC Issues Consent Order Against Tennessee Bank

On January 30, a Tennessee-based community bank entered into a consent order with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. following the agency’s allegations that the Bank engaged in unsafe or unsound banking practices relating to...more

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Wisconsin Lawyers May (But Shouldn’t) Secretly Record Others

In an age when nearly everyone carries on their person a tiny recording device in the form of a smartphone, the question of whether it is lawful to surreptitiously record conversations with others comes up often. One never...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Breaking Down The New FCC Lead Generation Rules

On Dec. 13, 2023, in a 4-1 vote, the Federal Communications Commission finalized new rules to close the so-called lead generator robocall and robotexts loophole, marking a significant paradigm shift in lead generation...more

Hinch Newman LLP

FTC Advertising Law Alert: Proposed Revisions to the COPPA Rule

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The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule requires operators of websites and online services that are directed to children under 13 years of age, or that have “actual knowledge” they are collecting personal information...more

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CPPA Publishes Proposed Revisions to CCPA Regulations

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Keypoint: The Agency proposed more revisions to the CCPA regulations for consideration at the December 8 board meeting. On December 1, 2023, the California Privacy Protection Agency (Agency) published proposed revisions to...more

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Tracking Online User Activity: HIPAA and Other Legal Risks

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The use of tracking technologies on websites and mobile applications (e.g., cookies) has become largely ubiquitous in our technology-driven world. Health care providers and organizations, for example, may use tracking...more

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Court Holds That Section 230’s Carve Out For “Intellectual Property” Does Not Apply To Publicity Rights Claim In New York

Section 230 of the Communications and Decency Act provides broad immunity to online platforms for claims arising from hosting third-party content (though just how broad is a hot issue that the Supreme Court may decide this...more

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Federal Jury Sides with Plaintiffs in First Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act Trial

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A jury in federal court in Chicago has returned a verdict for the plaintiff class in the first trial of a case involving claims under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Rogers v. BNSF Railway Co., No....more

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Israeli Privacy Protection Authority Clarifies Scope of Duty to Inform on Collection and Use of Personal Information

Israel’s Privacy Protection Authority (PPA) recently published its position on the duty to inform when collecting and using personal data. This is an important position, as it clarifies how to design the interface with the...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Part 2: The Key Steps for an Asset Purchase Transaction of an Amazon FBA Business

FBA business owners who have decided to enter into asset purchase agreements with a buyer, as outlined in Part 1 of our series, should understand the various levels of an asset purchase transaction and what will be needed in...more

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District Court in Virginia Continues Questioning of Third-Party Releases – At Least in the Absence of Detailed Findings of...

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Judge Colleen McMahon recently opined in Purdue1 that “the lower courts desperately need a clear answer” as to the validity of third-party releases. On January 13, 2022, the United States District Court for the Eastern...more

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M&A Time And Cost-Saving Measures: Third Party Consents In Project Development

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During the course of any acquisition of a renewable energy project, the parties may be required to obtain consents from certain of the counterparties to the project contracts. This will be the case if a project contract...more

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People’s Privacy Act Introduced In Washington State House Of Representatives

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Keypoint: While the Washington Privacy Act appears poised to pass the Senate, a competing bill introduced in the House of Representatives would require opt-in consent for processing, create an Illinois-like biometric...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Impact of COVID-19 on M&A Transactions - Part 2: Deal Terms

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe disruption, distress and uncertainty for companies across almost every industry. While this initially resulted in a substantial slow-down in the M&A market, transactional activity is...more

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Is a company required to separately solicit consent each time that it wants to share personal data with a third party for their...

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No. A company can process data only if one (or more) of six lawful purposes applies.  When sharing personal data with a third party for the purpose of permitting the third party to market to data subjects, companies...more

International Lawyers Network

Reviving a brand? A reminder to ensure it is put to genuine use

The case of Aiwa Co. Ltd v Aiwa Corporation is a useful reminder to brand owners, particularly those who are looking to revive a brand, of what amounts to “genuine use” of a registered trade mark. The case particularly...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Delaware Bankruptcy Judge Rejects 'Consensual' Releases in Emerge Energy Chapter 11 Plan

The Honorable Karen B. Owens, sworn in as a Delaware Bankruptcy Judge on June 17, 2019, recently ruled that the third-party releases contained in Emerge Energy Services LP’s Chapter 11 plan were not consensually granted,...more

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