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Fenwick & West LLP

California’s Hidden Fee Ban: FAQs and Guidance

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On July 1, 2024, California’s law banning hidden fees took effect. Under the Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA), SB 478 provides that businesses transacting with California consumers may not apply additional fees or charges...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Sonic Latest Food Chain to Suffer Credit Card Breach

After being notified of “unusual activity” on credit cards by its credit card processor, Sonic Drive In has confirmed that it is working with forensic experts and law enforcement on a potential credit card breach. It has not...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Shareholders Derivative Suit Filed against Wendy’s for Data Breach

Continuing the trend of filing a shareholders derivative suit following a data breach, a Wendy’s shareholder recently filed a derivative suit against Wendy’s executives and board members alleging they did not adequately...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Wendy’s reports over 1,000 restaurants affected by breach announced earlier this year

Back in May of this year, Wendy’s reported “fewer than 300” locations had been hacked by malicious malware that targeted customer credit card information. Last week, Wendy’s released a list of 1,025 restaurant locations that...more

Carlton Fields

New York Appellate Court Finds “Electronic Data” Exclusion Applies to Data Breach

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The computer network of a Five Guys Burger franchise, RVST Holdings, LLC (RVST), was hacked. Customers’ credit card information was stolen and used to make numerous fraudulent charges. Trustco Bank brought an action against...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New PCI Tokenization Guidelines

Last week, the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council released new guidelines related to the security of tokenization products. The guidelines are a set of technical best practices for evaluating tokenization...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Food Industry Continues to Face Data Privacy and Security Risk

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In 2014, grocers and restaurants continued to be plagued by attacks leading to the theft of credit card information. Among others, Supervalu Inc. and Jimmy John’s both experienced intrusions in 2014, extending the string of...more

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