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Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Joint Task Force News

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The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice possess both overlapping and distinct authority to challenge anti-competitive practices under federal law. The FTC enforces, without limitation, the FTC Act and the...more

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“Keeping Trade Practices on Your Radar”: Examining the Increased Federal & State Use of Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Laws...

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State Attorney Generals (“State AGs”) and the federal government are capturing headlines for increasingly suing large corporations for unfair and deceptive trade practices. In some cases, these actions are tackling...more

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MarkIt to Market® - March 2023

Thank you for reading the March 2023 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss a false advertising class action lawsuit against restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings. In this issue: -...more

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MarkIt to Market® - March 2023: Don't WING It When It Comes to Advertising

While college basketball fans have been rushing to sports bars to eat wings and watch their teams make a run for the championship, one sports bar has been facing a class action lawsuit over its marketing of its chicken...more

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Home Cooking? It Depends on Where “Home” Is

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In a series of four opinions issued on July 19, 2022, the North Carolina Court of Appeals addressed personal jurisdiction and what constitutes a fundamental public policy of North Carolina. The four cases, arising in three...more

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Colorado Energy Companies Sued for Climate Change Impacts

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Last week, Boulder made good on its threat to file a lawsuit seeking potentially billions of dollars from energy producers based on the effects of climate change. The city and county of Boulder, along with San Miguel...more

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D.C. Circuit hears oral argument on CFPB authority to issue CID to college accrediting organization

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Last week, the D. C. Circuit held oral argument in the CFPB’s appeal from the D.C. federal district court’s April 2016 ruling that the CFPB exceeded its statutory authority when it issued a CID to the Accrediting Council for...more

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Supreme Court of Illinois Says Courts Can Decide ARES Rate Disputes

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Courts – not the ICC – have jurisdiction over rate cases involving an ARES, said the Supreme Court of Illinois.[1] In a unanimous opinion written by Chief Justice Karmeier, the Court in December answered the Seventh Circuit’s...more

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Ninth Circuit Strips FTC of ‘Activities-Based’ Jurisdiction over Common Carriers

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The FTC has no jurisdiction over common carriers even when they engage in non-common carrier activity, according to a recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit opinion. In FTC v. AT&T Mobility, No. 15-16585 (9th...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Novel Reading Of Statute Widens CFPB Jurisdiction

Tucked away in a seemingly innocuous paragraph in a complaint, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has asserted an extraordinary and potentially far-reaching expansion of its authority. On June 6, 2016, the CFPB...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Advertising Law - October 2015 #2

"Flying Rabbi" Suit Crash Lands in NY Appellate Court - A New York man was unsuccessful in his lawsuit accusing Jimmy Kimmel of misappropriating his image during a skit on the late night TV show, Jimmy Kimmel Live! ...more

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FTC Can Regulate Cybersecurity Practices, Third Circuit Rules

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) can regulate cybersecurity policies and procedures as “unfair” acts or practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled in a very important...more

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Federal appeals court confirms FTC authority to regulate cybersecurity policies and procedures

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Banks and other companies subject to the CFPB’s jurisdiction face the possibility that the CFPB could begin using its authority under Sections 1031 and 1036 of the Dodd-Frank Act (which proscribe unfair, deceptive or abusive...more

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California District Court Finds CAFA’s Amount-in-Controversy Requirement Satisfied and No Local Controversy Alleged; Denies Motion...

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The Southern District of California denied a plaintiff’s motion to remand a putative class action removed pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), where the plaintiff had alleged that the primary defendant’s product,...more

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Echoes from the Gunn? Aggravated States and Demand Letters

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A gunshot that cracks the silence of an old west desert canyon creates an echo coming from all directions. A Supreme Court decision can make similar reverberations throughout the legal world. Last year, just such a sound...more

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