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FTC Obtains Temporary Injunction Against Two Student Loan Debt Relief Companies

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Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) obtained temporary restraining orders against two student debt relief companies in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The FTC thereby temporarily...more

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Roundup of FTC Consumer Protection Matters of Interest to Digital Advertisers: March 2023

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In March 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced a number of consumer protection actions involving data privacy, COVID health claims, a robocall debt relief pitch scheme, and alleged harmful noncompete restrictions. The...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FTC, DFPI Shut Down Mortgage Relief Operation

Recently, the FTC and California Department of Financial Protection (DFPI) sued several companies and owners for allegedly operating an illegal mortgage relief operation. This action alleges that the defendants’ conduct...more

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FTC Made in USA Lawyer Discusses Latest Agency Enforcement Matter

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A proposed FTC settlement that involves alleged false Made in USA representations and alleged deceptive COVID claims was recently filed by the Department of Justice on the FTC’s behalf against an individual and the two...more

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FTC and DOJ File First Action Under COVID-19 Consumer Protection Act

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice recently filed the first enforcement action under the new COVID-19 Consumer Protection Act (COVID-19 Act) in Missouri federal court. The complaint alleges that...more

Cozen O'Connor

FTC Takes First Action Under COVID-19 Consumer Protection Act

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) charged chiropractor Eric Nepute and his company Quickwork LLC (collectively, “Quickwork”) with allegedly using false and deceptive claims to market products as scientifically proven to...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

A Second Chance for the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act

This is the seventh alert in a series of Bradley installments on privacy and cybersecurity developments arising from the COVID-19 pandemic... Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) has re-introduced a bill to create the Public Health...more

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Employer Use of Contact Tracing Apps: The Good, the Bad, and the Regulatory

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Employers struggle with COVID-19 for any number of reasons. However, perhaps one of the main challenges they face is how to keep employees safe, even when one of them tests positive for or is exposed to COVID-19. They are...more

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Contact-Tracing Apps: A Delicate Balancing Act of Workplace Safety and Privacy Rights

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As the patchwork of state and local stay-at-home restrictions lighten, organizations are exploring safe return-to-work options, including the use of contact-tracing mobile apps for employees while on company premises.  Such a...more

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Exposure Notification Privacy Act: What Companies Should Expect If Passed

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On Monday, June 1, 2020, federal lawmakers proposed the Exposure Notification Privacy Act (“ENPA”), a piece of bipartisan legislation aimed at protecting consumer privacy and promoting public health in the development of...more

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Federal Privacy Law in Response to COVID-19 on the Rise: The COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act of 2020 vs. The Public Health...

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Over the years, Congress has put forth various legislative proposals regarding data privacy. None of the past legislation received the support necessary to enable passage of a comprehensive national data privacy law. However,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

What's New in Washington - June 2020

The post-Memorial Day summer session has begun in Washington with the House and Senate facing a similar to-do list but with different approaches and philosophies. The main items on the summer agenda include the Phase 4...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Contradictory Responses by Privacy Regulators Post-COVID-19: Balancing the Economy With Cybersecurity in a Changed World (Privacy)

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disparate effect on privacy regulators, with varying levels of enforcement advocated by different government entities; the California Attorney General, the U.S. Department of Health & Human...more

Hogan Lovells

Competition law in Spain: What to expect in the current economic recovery phase

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The COVID-19 pandemic has manifested itself with particular virulence in Spain. Its direct effects, as well as those resulting from the extreme lockdown measures adopted to contain its spread, have caused businesses to an...more

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The Public Health Emergency Act: What Companies Should Expect If Passed

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On May 14, 2020, Democratic Congresspersons introduced the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act (“PHEPA”) as a counterproposal to the Republican Senate’s recently-proposed privacy bill, COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act of...more

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COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act introduced in the U.S. Senate

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On May 7, 2020, in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and as some states are “opening up”, U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; John Thune...more

White and Williams LLP

COVID-19 Privacy Bills Introduced in U.S. Senate

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Two competing bills have been introduced in Congress to protect personal data collected by businesses in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The bills, one introduced by Senate Democrats (The Public Health Emergency Privacy...more

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COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act of 2020 Introduced

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On May 7, Republican members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee formally introduced the COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act of 2020 (the Act), which would put temporary rules in place regarding the...more

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The COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act of 2020: What Companies Should Expect If Passed

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On April 30, 2020, Four U.S. Senators announced plans to introduce the COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act (the “Act”). What would the Act do? According to the press release, the Act would “provide all Americans with...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Federal Privacy Bill to Focus on COVID-19

This is the fourth alert in a series of Bradley installments on privacy and cybersecurity developments arising from the COVID-19 pandemic... Four United States senators announced Thursday that they would soon introduce the...more

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