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On January 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission finalized changes to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule. ...more
On October 10, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published new and expansive regulations for filing notifications under the Hart Scott Rodino (“HSR”) Act. Among other things, HSR notifications now require the...more
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) Rule, which became effective in 2000 and was amended only once in 2013, aims to protect children’s privacy by establishing requirements for websites and online services...more
On January 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) published a final rule updating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule (Final Rule). This Final Rule follows a January 2024 notice of...more
The final text of the amended Negative Option Rule, featuring the new “Click to Cancel” program, goes into effect this week on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, and should become enforceable approximately four months later on...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its long-awaited final Negative Option Rule (the “Rule”) on October 16, 2024. “Negative Options” according to the FTC are arrangements “under which the consumer’s silence or...more
Many alerts and articles discussing the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) updated Negative Option Rule and the Amendments to California's Automatic Renewal law have focused on the stricter consent and cancellation...more
On October 16, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued final amendments to the “Rule Concerning Recurring Subscriptions and Other Negative Option Programs”, also referred to as the “Click-to-Cancel” Rule (the “Rule”). See...more
The FTC recently announced that it had finalized the changes to the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR). This is roughly one year later from when the proposed changes were first released and three years later from the...more
On March 7, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission announced significant amendments to its Telemarketing Sales Rule. The effective dates for these changes are tied to publication of this announcement in the Federal Register,...more
The amended Rule now more broadly prohibits misrepresentation of goods and services during B2B telemarketing calls. The FTC has also amended the Rule to require enhanced recordkeeping practices for telemarketers and...more
In April 2018, a PSA featuring former president Barack Obama made its rounds on the internet. In the video, Obama warned that we were “entering an era in which our enemies can make it look like anyone is saying anything at...more
Does anyone else feel like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day, where his character keeps experiencing the same day over and over and over again? It seems like the Federal Trade Commission just amended the Safeguards Rule yesterday,...more
On October 27, 2023, the Federal Trade FTC (FTC) approved amendments to its version of the Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information Rule (the Safeguards Rule) to require non-banking financial institutions regulated by...more
Back in 2021, the FTC announced substantial changes to the Rule that imposed more detailed and rigorous security requirements for covered financial institutions and was largely based on the New York State Department of...more
Key Point: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has amended the Safeguards Rule to require non-banking financial institutions to inform the FTC within 30 days of discovering any unauthorized acquisition of unencrypted customer...more
On October 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) further tightened requirements to safeguard customers’ financial information in the hands of financial institutions, with their release of a new amendment (Amendment) to...more
Cybersecurity is a looming threat for most businesses. The impact of a major cyber event can resonate for weeks, months, and even years after the initial attack. To mitigate the risks to consumers, there have been several...more
Under the updated Rule, FIs are obligated to implement data security measures that will protect against data breaches and cyberattacks in order to prevent financial harm to consumers, including identity theft and loss of...more
Cyber fraud costs the financial services industry billions in losses each year and has been on the rise. Regulation has followed, creating risks of a different kind. This timely webinar will walk through some of the latest...more
On April 28, the FTC proposed updating the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) to extend protections against telemarketing tricks and traps to small businesses and to strengthen defenses against other telemarketing schemes that...more
After months of speculation, we now know what rules the FTC will launch or possibly amend in 2022, thanks to a Statement of Regulatory Priorities the FTC published December 9. The headlines? In addition to reviewing or...more
This edition of Employment Flash summarizes key employment law issues, including the Department of Labor's proposal for determining independent contractor status, revised DOL regulations that clarify who qualifies for...more
The US Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice announced proposed changes to the rules governing Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) filings that, if implemented, would significantly increase the number of transactions that...more
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules to update and expand the statistical disclosures that bank and savings and loan registrants must provide to investors for the first time in 30...more