Recently, a matter involving the North Carolina Attorney General (AG) Josh Stein made headlines when it was announced that Affiliated Monitors Inc. would take over monitorship of HCA Healthcare. This relates to HCA’s...more
Most products with an online marketing presence generally have “customer reviews.” However, today’s consumers cannot always trust that those reviews are from real purchasers or provide honest feedback about the quality of a...more
The federal government, the District of Columbia, and each of the 50 states have Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) laws that allow individuals to file requests for specific public documents with government agencies and...more
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In Rudisill v. McDonough, 55 F.4th 879 (Fed. Cir. 2022), the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit broke the core promise of “GI Bills” for post-9/11 era veterans by, for the first time in...more
On December 8, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a statement regarding its intent to investigate certain participants in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) created by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and...more
On November 17, 33 state attorneys general (AGs) submitted a comment letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), supporting its contemplated new efforts in the corporate surveillance and data security space. The AGs’ public...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) protects investors and maintains a fair, orderly, and efficient marketplace. While the SEC has historically focused its enforcement efforts on public companies, recent...more
As detailed in our articles earlier this year, the “right to repair” movement has gained significant steam in the last year. The right to repair movement is an effort focused on ensuring that consumers and aftermarket...more
On April 18, the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in hiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn Corporation in which the court clarified its position on an important topic: whether the common practice of data “web scraping” can create...more
On February 25, President Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court created by Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement. Judge...more
Last month President Joe Biden made headlines when he reiterated his support for “right-to-repair” rules, which he first announced in a July 2021 executive order (discussed in our previous article here). The executive order...more
Advertisements are everywhere. As we are constantly bombarded with information about the latest trends in every area from health and nutrition to finance and technology, it can be difficult to determine what information we...more
Last month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) published its Statement of Regulatory Priorities (Statement), announcing its regulatory agenda for 2022. The Statement suggests that the agency will focus largely...more
On December 8, Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri appeared before the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security to answer questions about the social media platform’s effects on children and teens....more
On October 28, 2021, a majority of members on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 15-7 to advance to the full U.S. Senate a bipartisan bill that would make a number of amendments to the federal False Claims Act (FCA). These...more
On October 12, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center, P.S.C., an appeal from the Sixth Circuit. Plaintiff abortion providers (collectively, “EMW”) initiated this case,...more