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In the two weeks before Inauguration, both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a flurry of rulemaking developments, policy announcements, and enforcement filings and...more
On January 15, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed settlement with GoDaddy Inc. (GoDaddy) for making false or misleading representations about their security practices in violation of Section 5 of...more
Welcome to the Class Action & MDL Roundup, our quarterly review of decisions and settlements in the class action arena. In this edition, student-athletes win an NIL round, Canadians in California isn’t personal...more
On February 1, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or “the Commission”) announced that it had reached a settlement with Blackbaud, a software company, resolving claims related to a 2020 data breach that resulted in the...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
The Fourth Circuit dismissed an investor’s lawsuit against a hotel chain that had been subject to a data breach, ruling that the company had not made false or misleading public statements about its protection of customer...more
Antitrust- Google Is in the Crosshairs of Two Multistate Antitrust Suits- •Two groups of AGs filed antitrust lawsuits against Google LLC (“Google”). •A group of seven Republican AGs, led by Texas AG Ken Paxton, sued...more
Key Point: The New York Attorney General’s Office (NYAG) reached a Consent and Stipulation Agreement with Dunkin’ Brands, Inc. (Dunkin), which obligates the company to implement and maintain a comprehensive information...more
In the aftermath of Equifax’s data breach, a federal court recently found that allegations of poor cybersecurity coupled with misleading statements supported a proper cause of action. In its decision, the U.S. District Court...more
Wage and Hour - Decision Upholds Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Clauses, Resolves Circuit Split - The U.S. Supreme Court issued a long-awaited decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis on May 21, 2018, holding that...more