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DLA Piper

Digital Transformation: eSignature and ePayment News and Trends - September/October 2024

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Today’s ever-shifting business environment means that consumers, businesses, employers, and employees all expect to transact digitally. To remain efficient and competitive, companies must digitally transform their businesses....more

Clark Hill PLC

A View From California: One Important Artificial Intelligence Bill Down, 17 Others Good To Go

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As it did with data privacy, California seeks to lead the charge when it comes to regulating the use and deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools. Joining Colorado and Utah, the other two states with enacted AI laws,...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Minnesota Jumps on the Pricing Transparency Bandwagon

Minnesota is the latest state to join the roster of those that have recently adopted pricing transparency laws. As background, on February 11, 2024, New York amended General Business Law 518 to provide that consumers could...more

Venable LLP

California DFPI Seeks Feedback on Expanding Registration and Reporting to New Sectors

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The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) is inviting stakeholders to suggest new financial service industries that may need registration and reporting requirements under the California Consumer...more

Lathrop GPM

Fighting the Robots: Texas Attorney General Settles “First-of-its-Kind” Investigation of Healthcare AI Company

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In what it describes as a “First-of-its-Kind Healthcare Generative AI Investigation”, the Texas Attorney General (AGO) recently reached a settlement agreement with an artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare technology...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

FTC Releases “Click to Cancel” Rule

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On October 16, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released the final version of its Rule Concerning Recurring Subscriptions and Other Negative Option Programs (Rule), which requires sellers of products and services to receive...more

Perkins Coie

FTC Finalizes “Click To Cancel” Rule With Substantial Requirements for Recurring Subscription Programs

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its final Negative Option Rule (the Rule)—which the FTC often refers to as the “Click to Cancel” rule—for automatically renewing subscriptions, free trials that convert to paid...more

Troutman Pepper

Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - November 2024

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more

Polsinelli

CMMC 2.0: Department of Defense Publishes Final Rule to Establish its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 Program

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After years in the making, on October 15, 2024, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) published its final rule to establish the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program, amending Title 32 of the Code of...more

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CFPB Issues Guidance With Aggressive Interpretation of FCRA Applicability to Employee Monitoring and Screening Tools

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued guidance that takes an aggressive position regarding the scope of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) as covering certain employee monitoring and assessment...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB takes action against VyStar Credit Union for faulty rollout of online banking platform

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The CFPB recently took action against VyStar Credit Union in connection with allegations that the credit union “botched” its rollout of a new online banking system....more

A&O Shearman

UK Financial Conduct Authority Publishes the Findings of Its Culture and Non-Financial Misconduct Survey

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published the findings from its non-financial misconduct survey. The survey, sent to 1,028 wholesale banks, brokers and insurance firms in February, aimed to examine how firms detect...more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Portfolio Letters Setting Out Key Concerns and Priorities for 2025

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a series of portfolio letters it has sent to: (i) lifetime mortgage providers, which includes firms that provide lifetime mortgages, home reversion and later life lending...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Major Changes Could be in Store for Hemp in 2025

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Proposed language in the next Farm Bill could substantially impact the hemp industry in the United States. The Farm Bill is an omnibus bill that governs agriculture and food and is renewed approximately every five years. The...more

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Irish Data Protection Commission fines LinkedIn Ireland EUR 310 million for GDPR violations

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On October 24, 2024, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued a press release announcing its EUR 310 million fine of LinkedIn over the platform’s use of member personal data in breach of the EU’s General Data...more

Venable LLP

California DFPI's New Requirements for Debt Settlement, Education Finance, and Wage Access Providers

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The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has implemented new registration requirements under the California Consumer Financial Protection Law (CCFPL), effective February 2025. ...more

Troutman Pepper

CFPB Reaches Settlement with Townstone Financial, Inc.

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In a significant development, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) has finally reached a settlement with Townstone Financial, Inc. (Townstone) in the first redlining case brought against a nonbank...more

Mayer Brown

CFPB Finalizes Long-Awaited Rule to Accelerate Open Banking Development; Immediately Sued

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On October 22, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights (the “Final Rule”). The Final Rule is intended to accelerate a shift towards open banking in the...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Alberta Insurance Regulator Considers When Automobile Extended Warranty, Dealer Loyalty and Similar Products are Insurance in...

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On October 10, 2024, the Alberta Superintendent of Insurance issued Interpretation Bulletin 05-2024 (“Bulletin”) on the insurance regulatory treatment of motor vehicle warranty contracts, dealership loyalty programs and...more

Troutman Pepper

Fifth Circuit Grants Expedited Appeal in Challenge to CFPB’s Section 1071 Final Rule; Denies Temporary Administrative Stay

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On October 31, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the appellants’ motion to expedite the appeal in Texas Bankers Association v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The suit...more

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A Corporate Lawyer's Guide To Data Privacy & Data Protection

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Privacy laws bring substantial compliance challenges for every organization that collects, processes, stores, and transfers personal data anywhere in the world. For legal departments, compliance professionals and internal...more

Troutman Pepper

Emerging Trends in Consumer Protection: A Conversation With NAAG’s Kate Donovan - Regulatory Oversight Podcast

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In this episode of Regulatory Oversight, Clay Friedman, co-leader of the firm’s State Attorneys General team, welcomes Kate Donovan, consumer counsel at the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG). The conversation...more

Bowditch & Dewey

What Massachusetts Owner-Occupied Residential Property Owners (and Solar Panel Installers) Need to Know Before Contracting for...

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In July, 2024, the Connecticut Attorney General filed suit alleging that certain solar panel installers had violated the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act (“CUTPA”) by: - engaging in conduct that violates public...more

K&L Gates LLP

Franchising Code Reforms: Exposure Draft Released

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The Australian government has released an Exposure Draft of the Competition and Consumer (Industry Code – Franchising) Regulations 2024 (Cth) (the Exposure Draft), which would repeal and replace the current Franchising Code...more

Oberheiden P.C.

Insulin Overpricing Lawsuits: 6 Things to Know

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Anyone who needs insulin to treat diabetes knows that the cost of the drug has skyrocketed in the last few years. The reason for the sharp increase seems to be simple: corporate greed. Recently, though, the high price of...more

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