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Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Bystolic Pharmaceutical Antitrust Class Actions, Holding Plaintiffs Must Plead Facts Showing a...

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On Monday, May 13, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed Judge Lewis Liman’s decision dismissing Plaintiffs’ reverse payment class actions for failure to state a claim. In re Bystolic Antitrust...more

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Right To Know - March 2024, Vol. 15

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Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Stay ADvised: Brand Protection & Advertising Law News - December 2023

In This Case, What You Can't See in Fact Is Not There: FTC Takes Down the Makers of the Invisible COVID Mask - After what has seemed like a lull in both diagnosed COVID cases and the enforcement variety—both the virus and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Stay ADvised: Brand Protection & Advertising Law News - October 2023

Setting Its Sights on Eye Health Supplement, NAD Finds Health Claims Insufficiently Supported Despite Peer-Reviewed Evidence - The National Advertising Division (NAD) recommended that an eye health supplement maker,...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Stay ADvised: Brand Protection & Advertising Law News - August 2023 - 2

Kardashian Kopycat? Energy Drink Company Claims Competitor Stole Kim's Copyrighted Look - The Instagram posts look nearly identical, in a blink-and-you'll-miss-the-difference kind of way—or so says the complaint filed by...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Automatic Renewal Laws: Everything to Know About the Surge in Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement - April 18th, 11:00...

Automatic Renewal Laws (ARLs)—statutes governing continuity programs and automatically renewing contracts—have proliferated throughout the United States since 2010. Companies that offer automatic renewal programs face an...more

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February Privacy Report: FTC Expands Its Use of “Unfairness” Authority in GoodRx Matter

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GoodRx Faces Million Dollar Proposed Penalty from FTC in First Enforcement Action Under the Health Breach Notification Rule - Settlement reveals views on application of unfairness authority to sharing of sensitive...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

District Court approves $11 million data breach settlement

On January 4, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted final approval of an $11 million class action settlement resolving allegations related to a February 2021 data breach that compromised more than...more

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Three Reasons Companies Need Customized Antitrust Compliance Programs Now

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Antitrust compliance programs that are tailored to a company’s culture, line of business, and competitive conditions have long been worth their weight in gold. But as 2022 draws to a close, a looming economic slowdown and an...more

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Payments Docket – September 2022

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The latest edition of the Payments Docket, our roundup of key litigation involving the payment industry, features FinTechs and nonbanks facing regulatory scrutiny, MCA lenders fighting a pair of beastie lawsuits, and a...more

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Facebook to Pay $90 Million to Settle Data Privacy Lawsuit

Facebook’s parent company Meta has agreed to settle one of the longest-running data privacy lawsuits in the country for $90 million. This dispute, originally filed in 2012 in a total of 21 related cases, alleged that Facebook...more

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Federal Judge Concludes Entity Subject to CCPA Despite Assertion It Is Not a “Business”

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In Blackbaud Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, No. 3:20-mn-02972 (D.S.C. Aug. 12, 2021), a federal judge found that defendant, Blackbaud Inc. was subject to the CCPA despite its motion to dismiss asserting that...more

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AD-ttorneys@law – March 2021 #2

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FTC Shines Light Inside ‘Dark Patterns’ - Move over cookies, fingerprinting, ad trackers—there’s an old species of internet chicanery in town - Everything Old … It’s hard to find a nongovernmental clearing house filled with...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Prevagen Payouts Could Reach Tens of Millions of Dollars Due to False Advertising

Claims that Prevagen, a popular and pricey memory supplement, does not work have been making headlines for years. MedPage Today called the pills a “clear-cut fraud” while NBC News labeled them “a hoax.” In 2012, the Federal...more

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Privacy and Data Security Alert l January 2020

States Consider Privacy and Data Security Legislation - It’s that time of year again, when we see a flood of legislative activity at the state level on privacy and data security laws. A couple of recent examples are below....more

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Close Scrutiny for Class Settlements Where Plaintiff Attorneys Take Lion’s Share

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Two recent US antitrust class action settlements drew additional scrutiny from federal judges, showing that the allocation of settlement funds between a proposed class and their attorneys will be carefully reviewed for...more

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Study Shows Marked Increase in FCRA Cases, Downward Trend in Consumer Protection Litigation Overall

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The report uncovered a 100% increase in the number of lawsuits brought under the Fair Credit Reporting Act over the past ten years and revealed decreases in Truth-In-Lending Act cases. The report’s data, which represents...more

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FTC Report Underscores the Importance of Crafting Effective Settlement Notices

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The Federal Trade Commission recently published a preliminary staff report on two studies it conducted to understand the effectiveness of class action settlement notices and develop information to help improve consumer...more

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FTC Studies: Class action settlement notices have room to improve

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The Federal Trade Commission recently released its preliminary report on two studies it conducted to help understand the effectiveness of class action settlement notices and to “develop information to help improve settlement...more

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Spam or Class Action Refund? Consumers Can’t Tell

Two recent studies by the FTC show that some methods for notifying potential class members of class action settlements are not as effective as courts and counsel might believe. In September, the FTC published a report on two...more

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FTC Findings On The Effectiveness Of Class Settlement Notices Provide Insight On Best Practices

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Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission released findings from two studies regarding the effectiveness of class settlement notices. According to the FTC, these are the most comprehensive notice studies that have...more

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Separating the Settlements From The Spam

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A huge issue that class action litigators face is how to improve consumer notification and increase participation in class action proceedings. Many people simply ignore class action notices and miss filing their valid claims....more

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FTC Study: Class Action Settlement Notices Have Room to Improve

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently released its preliminary report on two studies it conducted to help understand the effectiveness of class action settlement notices and to “develop information to help improve...more

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The Year in Lawsuits

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2018 brought us the type of lawsuits you would expect in the world of sweepstakes, contests and giveaways. From “The Annoyance Lawyer” to Bobbleheads to “You’re Probably Never Going to Be A Winner.” The most depressing thing...more

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Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - October 2018

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the European Data Protection Board's published opinions on data protection impact assessments, an Ohio court's ruling that bitcoin is covered insured...more

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