Balch’s Decision Dive: Texas Trial Court Struck Down the FTC’s Noncompete Rule
California Employment News: Understanding the FTC Non-Compete Ban Key Insights for Employers
California Employment News: Understanding the FTC Non-Compete Ban Key Insights for Employers (Podcast)
Regulation Through Enforcement: Insights From the BlueSnap Lawsuit — Payments Pros: The Payments Law Podcast
An FTC Official Speaks About the Regulation of AI Technology
AD Nauseam: A Different Type of Imposter Syndrome
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The Federal Trade Commission: Looking Back at 2023 and Looking Ahead to 2024 and Beyond
AD Nauseam: What is This Unfairness Thing You Keep Talking About?
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Shining a Bright Light on Digital Dark Patterns
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Should Section 5 of the FTC Act be Amended to Add a Private Right of Action?
Turning up the Heat – A Look at the FTC’s Groundbreaking Fine Against Bankrupt Digital Asset Services Provider Celsius Network LLC - The Crypto Exchange Podcast
DE Under 3: FTC Enters the Biometric Privacy Protection Conversation
Autorenewals Crossover Episode with The Crypto Exchange - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Autorenewals - The Crypto Exchange Podcast
#WorkforceWednesday: FTC Proposes Ban on Non-Competes - Employment Law This Week® - Spilling Secrets Podcast
Navigating the FTC’s Proposed Rule Banning Non-Competes
Exploring the FTC’s Proposed Ban on Noncompetes (Fairly Competing, Episode 20)
Law Brief®: Rich Schoenstein and David Kleinmann Discuss FTC's Proposed Noncompete Ban
MLM Defense: FTC Earnings Claims and Nonsolicitation Clauses
JONES DAY TALKS®: Consumer Protection Enforcement Changes Likely After SCOTUS AMG Decision
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Corporations face unprecedented challenges in safeguarding sensitive data and mitigating privacy risks in an era marked by the rapid proliferation of Internet of Things, or IoT, devices....more
Insights for this month’s article are provided by ARDA members Gregory Szewczyk, partner at Ballard Spahr Practice Leader of the firm’s Privacy and Data Security Group, and Aaron Tantleff, partner in Foley & Lardner’s...more
Recent U.S. developments indicate a growing focus on regulating and investigating the data privacy practices of companies in the automotive sector. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently highlighted in a blog post its...more
On March 28, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a Privacy and Data Security Update, highlighting the FTC’s activities in recent years through December 2023. The FTC underscored its work on issues related to...more
On July 13, 2023, The Washington Post broke the news that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had issued a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) — a sort of a pre-litigation subpoena as part of what is supposed to be a nonpublic...more
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
On February 1, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced its first enforcement action under the Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR” or “Rule”) against GoodRx, a direct-to-consumer digital healthcare and prescription...more
On Aug. 11, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the collection, sharing and use of certain information which it refers to as “commercial surveillance data” and whether the...more
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") recently announced its intent to "vigorously" enforce its 2009 Health Breach Notification Rule (the "Rule") via a policy statement that sheds light on the Rule's scope. The policy...more
Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a pair of cases that provide it with the opportunity to severely restrict the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC’s”) authority to obtain equitable money relief in...more
Last week, Democratic Senators Ron Wyden and Sherrod Brown and Congresswoman Anna Eshoo sent a letter to FTC Chairman Joseph J. Simons urging the agency to investigate whether analytics firm Envestnet, Inc. (which operates...more
A&B ABstract: On January 7, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a complaint and settlement against California mortgage broker Mortgage Solutions FCS, doing business as Mount Diablo Lending, and its owner, Ramon...more
Privacy issues implicate several Bankruptcy Code sections and Bankruptcy Rules. The debtor must also comply with non-bankruptcy rules concerning privacy to the extent that such rules are not inconsistent with the Bankruptcy...more
In a set of recent settlements, the Federal Trade Commission (the FTC or Commission) resolved charges against two companies, ClixSense and D-Link, for failing to provide reasonable security and to live up to their data...more
With the announcement last week of its new lawsuit against several tech companies for violating Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), the FTC Act, and New Mexico’s Unfair Practices Act (“UPA”), the State of New...more
Our Privacy & Data Security Group reviews the Eleventh Circuit’s decision narrowing the FTC’s authority to impose broad cybersecurity measures on defendants, but cautions it would be a mistake to interpret the ruling as...more
The FTC is seeking public comment on a petition by Sear’s to reopen and modify its 2009 consent order to restrict the broad definition of “tracking application”. In 2009, the FTC issued an order settling charges that Sears...more
In this internet age, "smart" children’s products—those that collect, transmit or store electronic data—are on the rise. By some estimates, the smart toy market will reach $11.3 billion in sales by 2020. Manufacturers of...more
Recently, Uber agreed to a proposed Federal Trade Commission (FTC) consent order (“Consent Order”) to settle charges in an FTC complaint (“Complaint”) regarding behavior stemming back to at least 2014. Acting Chairman Maureen...more
Manufacturers of Internet-connected devices (better known as the Internet of Things) should be following a new California bill closely because it would create a mandate under California law that all IoT devices have built-in...more
The Energy & Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing on October 21st titled “Examining Ways to Improve Vehicle and Roadway Safety” to consider (among other matters) Vehicle Data Privacy...more
Five social media law issues to discuss with your clients - The explosive growth of social media has clients facing legal questions that didn’t even exist a few short years ago. Helping your clients navigate this...more