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Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

Showdown in the Show Me State – New Hemp Executive Order Sparks Litigation and Subsequent Clarification from MO DHHS

On September 17, 2024, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (“DHSS”) published a letter clarifying its enforcement policy concerning certain psychoactive hemp products that were the target of recent executive...more

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Colorado’s AI anti-discrimination law

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On May 17, 2024, the Governor of Colorado, Jared Polis, signed Senate Bill 24-205, “Concerning Consumer Productions in Interactions with Artificial Intelligence Systems” (“AI Law”). The AI Law takes effect on and from...more

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New UK Consumer Laws on Fake Reviews, Subscription Contracts and Drip Pricing: Impact on US Businesses

In May of this year, the UK Government passed the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCC) into law. The DMCC is wide-ranging and covers three key areas: consumer law, digital markets, and merger and antitrust...more

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Massachusetts Attorney General Clarifies Position on Artificial Intelligence

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The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) recently issued an advisory clarifying that existing Massachusetts law applies to artificial intelligence (AI) to the same extent as any other product in the stream of...more

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Minnesota Governor approves new Consumer Data Privacy Act

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On May 24 2024, Senate Bill 4757, a bill for an act relating to commerce containing the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (the 'Act'), was approved by the Governor of Minnesota. The Act, which becomes effective on July 31...more

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CFPB Cracks Down on Mortgage Servicers, Alleging Harmful Practices Against Older Homeowners

On June 18, the CFPB settled enforcement actions against two mortgage servicers who serviced reverse mortgages on behalf of HUD, for their systemic failure to respond to consumer requests for assistance, resulting in...more

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CFPB Takes Action Against Owners of Small Dollar Lender for Hiding Money to Avoid Penalties

On June 17, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed an order to resolve its 2023 lawsuit against the former CEO of a short-term small dollar lender and his spouse, in connection with a series of fraudulent transfers...more

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The State AG Report – 6.6.2024

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • Proposed Settlement Between AGs, DOJ, and NCAA Would...more

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Colorado Passes New AI Law to Protect Consumer Interactions

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On Friday, May 17, 2024 Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed SB205 (Consumer Protections for Interactions with Artificial Intelligence) into law with an effective date of February 1, 2026. Unlike the artificial...more

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Colorado Passes New Watershed AI Consumer Protection Bill

Key Points - Colorado’s new AI law creates new obligations for developers and deployers of high-risk artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Similar to the EU AI Act, the law is risk-based and defines a “high-risk” AI system as...more

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States Begin To Regulate AI in Absence of Federal Legislation

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The European Union seized the early global lead in regulating artificial intelligence (AI) by passing its AI Act on March 13, 2024, following a lengthy legislative process. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, the U.S. Congress...more

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CFPB Sues Fintech for Deceptive Practices Surrounding Tipping Service

On May 17, the CFPB filed a lawsuit against a California-based fintech that operates a nationwide website and mobile-application based peer-to-peer lending platform through which consumers can obtain small-dollar, short-term...more

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Maryland Enacts Comprehensive Data Privacy Law

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On May 9, 2024, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed into law Senate Bill 541 (the "Maryland Online Data Privacy Act") making Maryland the eighteenth state to adopt comprehensive data privacy legislation in the United States...more

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FTC Cracks Down on Payments Processor for Facilitating Fraud

On May 1, the FTC announced a settlement in federal court in the Northern District of Georgia against a payment processing company, along with its former CEO and senior vice president, for the company’s role in handling...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FTC Calls Out Bill Payment Company’s Use of Dark Pattern Practices

On April 25, the FTC took action against a Washington-based bill payment company and its two co-founders alleging that the company used misleading search ads to impersonate consumers’ billers and deceptive design practices to...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the...

In Wake of Healthcare System Cyberattack, 22 State Attorneys General Call for Further Action of Data Privacy

On April 25, 2024, the attorneys general of 22 states issued a letter encouraging UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiary, Change Healthcare, to take additional steps to respond to a massively disruptive cyberattack. The broad,...more

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Maryland Legislature Passes Consumer Data Privacy Bill

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Keypoint: Maryland’s bill diverges from other Washington Privacy Act variants passed to date with unique data minimization, sensitive data, minor’s data privacy, and unlawful discrimination provisions (among others)....more

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California Enacts New Consumer Protection Law Prohibiting ‘Drip Pricing’ and ‘Junk Fees’

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On Oct. 7, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 478 into law. When it becomes effective July 1, 2024, the law will amend the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) to generally ban so-called drip pricing...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Class Dismissed

Proposed Bill Seeks To Remove Cap On Civil Penalties Issued By CPSC

On January 25, 2024, Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) introduced the Consumer Advocacy and Protection (CAP) Act, which would amend the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) to increase the maximum civil penalty for a single...more

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Mitigating Class Action Exposure: An Excerpt from the Advertising Law Tool Kit

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When it comes to mitigating the risk of class action lawsuits, the best offense is a good defense. Companies can take many steps to reduce their exposure to class action litigation before it happens, including the tactics...more

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Crypto Platform Settles SEC and State Regulator Charges over Interest Bearing Feature on Customer Accounts

On February 7, a Florida-based cryptocurrency company agreed to settle charges brought by the SEC and the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation alleging that, an interest-earning feature offered on the...more

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Proposed Consumer Advocacy and Protection Act Could Remove the Cap on Civil Penalties the Consumer Product Safety Commission Can...

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On January 25, 2024, Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09), Ranking Member of the House Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee and former Chairwoman of the Consumer Protection Subcommittee of the House Energy and...more

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints

Three Trends in AI Regulation in 2023 — AI: The Washington Report

Welcome to this week’s issue of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and its government affairs affiliate, ML Strategies. The year 2023 has been a significant one for artificial intelligence and AI...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

The Ninth Circuit Just Provided a Roadmap On How to Defend California Consumer Fraud Claims

Companies that may face consumer fraud claims in West Coast courts will want to take a close look at the Ninth Circuit’s decision this month in McGinity v. Procter & Gamble Co., __ F.4th __, 2023 WL 3911531 (9th Cir. June 9,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Congress Cracks Down on Sales of Stolen and Counterfeit Goods

The requirements of the INFORM Consumers Act went into effect on June 27, 2023. The following includes need-to-know information for sellers, businesses that serve as an online platform for third-party sellers and customers...more

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