On February 26, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an en banc decision in FTC v. AT&T holding that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act’s “common carrier” exemption is activity-based, reversing the...more
3/29/2018
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AT&T ,
Common Carriers ,
Communications Act of 1934 ,
Exemptions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Mobile Devices ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Net Neutrality ,
Open Internet Rules ,
Section 5 ,
Telecommunications ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
On December 21, 2017, the Illinois Second District Appellate Court dealt a significant blow to the recent wave of Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) class actions, holding in Rosenbach v. Six Flags...more