On December 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced proposed revisions to its rules administering the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The updates both expand the universe of businesses subject...more
1/24/2024
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COPPA ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Mobile Apps ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Parental Consent ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Statutory Penalties ,
Statutory Violations ,
Websites
In February 2022, a District of New Jersey court in United States v. Coburn took the surprising step of compelling a private company to produce internal investigation materials to two of its former executives, who were...more
9/28/2023
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Brady Violation ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Evidentiary Hearings ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Independent Investigations ,
Internal Investigations ,
Material Disclosures ,
Noncompliance ,
SCOTUS ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements
On May 3, 2023, in an aggressive move that pushes the boundaries of its authority, the FTC proposed sweeping changes to Facebook parent Meta’s business practices after alleging that the company violated the commission’s 2012...more
In December 2022, Congress handed would-be whistleblowers reporting money laundering and sanctions violations fresh financial incentives when it passed the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Whistleblower Improvement Act. The Act...more
On July 26, 2021, a bipartisan group of legislators led by Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley introduced a pair of bills that would represent the most significant changes to the FCA in more than a decade. In broad strokes, the...more
On February 16, 2021, the SEC filed a litigated civil complaint in the Southern District of New York against Morningstar Credit Ratings LLC, a former Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (“NRSRO”) alleging...more
3/18/2021
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CMBS ,
Credit Ratings ,
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Disgorgement ,
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NRSRO ,
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Rating Agencies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has sent letters to two foreign electronics companies warning that their practices of collecting geolocation data from children without their parent’s permission may violate the Children’s...more
n February 6, 2018, a bipartisan group of senators introduced the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (“CLOUD”) Act of 2018, which would give law enforcement faster access to internationally stored data.
The bill, S....more
On January 18, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released its annual report describing the agency’s activities over the past year in the areas of enforcement, advocacy, workshops, consumer education and business...more
On November 29, 2017, Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced the “Student Right to Know Before You Go Act,” which would give prospective college students and their families more...more
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office is dismissing misinformation about the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force next year. In a recent blog post, the second in a series launched on August 9,...more
On June 30, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska—in Cole v. Gene by Gene, Ltd., No. 1:14-CV-00004-SLG, 2017 WL 2838256, at *5 (D. Alaska June 30, 2017)—denied a motion to dismiss a putative class action...more
On June 12, 2017, South Korea’s Communications Commission announced that it joined the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (“APEC”) Cross-Border Privacy Rules System (“CBPR”), a voluntary initiative that helps protect...more
In a May 5, 2017 letter to the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”), American Bar Association (“ABA”) President Linda Klein urged DHS to revise directives issued in 2009 to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) and...more
In a letter dated March 28, 2017, Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Representative Ted Lieu, D-Calif., urged the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) to address cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the cell phone industry,...more