News & Analysis as of

Third-Party Service Provider Enforcement Actions

K&L Gates LLP

CPPA Announces Enforcement Action Against Automaker

K&L Gates LLP on

On 12 March 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) settled with an automaker that allegedly violated various aspects of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This first-of-its-kind settlement for the...more

Clark Hill PLC

What Debt Settlement Companies Need to Know When Working With Third Party Payment Processors (Whitepaper)

Clark Hill PLC on

Clark Hill’s Financial Services and Regulatory Compliance Group has authored a whitepaper for debt settlement companies considering engaging a third-party payment processor for managing accounts and handling financial...more

Verrill

The Gag Clause Quandary for Self-Insured Group Health Plans—New FAQ Guidance

Verrill on

The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury, with the Office of Personnel Management (the “Departments”) jointly released FAQs About Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 Implementation Part 69...more

BakerHostetler

FTC Announces Action Against No-Hire Provisions Used by Building Services Contractor

BakerHostetler on

In a divided party-line vote, the FTC recently charged Guardian Service Industries, Inc. (Guardian), a New York City-area building services contractor, with violating Section 1 of the Sherman Act and Section 5 of the Federal...more

Holland & Knight LLP

DOJ Scrutinizes Financial Arrangements of Florida Physician Practice

Holland & Knight LLP on

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in a Nov. 12, 2024, press release that an ophthalmology practice with offices located in West Central Florida (the Provider) entered into an approximately $1.3 million settlement...more

BakerHostetler

DSIR Deeper Dive: Tracking the Crackdown on Tracking/Pixel Technologies: Web Litigation and Regulatory Landscape - Part 2

BakerHostetler on

In the first part of this blog post, we looked into the OCR and FTC’s focus on third-party tracking technologies. We also reviewed the AHA Lawsuit and its impact for the use of tracking technologies. In this blog post, we...more

WilmerHale

FTC’s Enforcement Action Against Avast Signals Increased Focus on Consumer Web Data

WilmerHale on

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been actively flexing its authority as a privacy regulator in recent months. The agency has been especially focused on identifying data practices it views to be “unfair”, thereby...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Settles Action against Third-Party Service Provider Supporting Credit Repair Industry

On August 8, the CFPB filed a proposed order to resolve its 2021 lawsuit (previously discussed here) against a California-based software company and its CEO for their role in helping credit repair businesses charge illegal...more

BakerHostetler

FTC Continues Focus on Disclosure of Health Information to Third-Party Technologies

BakerHostetler on

A recently announced settlement with online alcohol addiction treatment service Monument Inc. demonstrates the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) continued focus on the use and disclosure of health data. The proposed settlement...more

Goodwin

FTC Files Suit Against Third-Party Bill Payment Company

Goodwin on

On April 25, 2024​, the FTC announced​ that it filed a suit against a Washington-based ​third-party bill payment company​ and two of its chief executives ​​for engaging in allegedly ​deceptive ​and misleading ​​practices​ in...more

White & Case LLP

CCPA Settlement Illustrates Continued Focus on the Sale of Consumer Personal Information

White & Case LLP on

On February 21, 2024, California Attorney General Rob Bonta ("Cal AG") announced that his office reached a settlement with DoorDash, the food delivery service company, for violating the California Consumer Privacy Act...more

WilmerHale

FTC Enters Consent Agreement With Blackbaud Following Major Data Breach

WilmerHale on

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

Goodwin

California Department of Financial Protection Issues Consent Order Against Fintech Company

Goodwin on

​​​​​​​On January 9, 2024, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced that it entered into a consent order with a Delaware fintech company that provided California consumers with access...more

WilmerHale

FTC Announces Groundbreaking Action Against Rite Aid for Unfair Use of AI

WilmerHale on

On December 19, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced an enforcement action against  the retail pharmacy Rite Aid for unfair practices associated with its use of a facial recognition technology (FRT) surveillance...more

A&O Shearman

DOJ Cracks Down on Third Party Information Benchmarking

A&O Shearman on

On September 28, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) launched a civil suit against a benchmarking service provider that signals a crack-down on benchmarking involving the exchange of competitively sensitive information. ...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

NY federal court denies motion to dismiss CFPB lawsuit against debt buyer companies and their owners/officers for unlawful debt...

Ballard Spahr LLP on

A New York federal district court has denied a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed in January 2022 by the CFPB against three companies that purchase portfolios of defaulted debts (Corporate Defendants) and three individuals...more

A&O Shearman

UK sanctions systems and controls: lessons learnt

A&O Shearman on

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has assessed the systems and controls relating to sanctions compliance for over 90 firms across a range of sectors and summarised its findings of good and poor practice. Acknowledging...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

The SEC has new Cybersecurity Rules. Are you prepared and ready?

On July 26, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) implemented new cybersecurity rules to require disclosure of material cybersecurity incidents within four business days, with limited exceptions.  Additionally,...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

FTC Actions Hold Data Privacy Lessons For 2023

The Federal Trade Commission will have its eye on privacy and data security enforcement in 2023. In August, the agency announced that it is exploring ways to crack down on lax data security practices. In the announcement,...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

DOJ’s Revised Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policies Encourage Voluntary Disclosure and Focus on Compensation

Seward & Kissel LLP on

On September 15, 2022, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced new Department of Justice (“DOJ”) policies on corporate criminal enforcement. DOJ designed the new policies based on recommendations by the Corporate...more

Williams Mullen

DOJ Policy Restores Settlement Agreements Involving Payments to Non-Governmental Third Parties

Williams Mullen on

Settlement agreements regarding payments to non-governmental third parties were sharply curtailed by the Trump administration. A recent DOJ policy and rulemaking restores the authority for DOJ to enter into settlements...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

No Relief in Sight: CFPB and FTC Continue to Take Action Against Debt Settlement Companies

On April 29, the CFPB filed a proposed order in federal court seeking final judgment against three California-based defendants for engaging in unlawful fee-charging practices and deceptive telemarketing. According to the...more

Venable LLP

Burning Down the House: FTC Accuses HomeAdvisor, Inc. of Deception in Selling Leads for Home Improvement Projects

Venable LLP on

On Friday, March 11, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed an administrative complaint against HomeAdvisor, Inc., charging it with using deceptive and misleading tactics to sell leads for home improvement projects to small...more

Venable LLP

Debt Buyer Sued for Deceptive Practices of Downstream Third-Party Collectors; CFPB Uses Its Substantial Assistance Authority

Venable LLP on

On January 10, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a complaint in federal district court against three affiliated debt-buying businesses and the individuals who founded and operated them for "knowingly...more

Goodwin

CFPB Sues Software Company for Allegedly Supporting Illegal Credit-Repair Fees

Goodwin on

On September 20, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the Central District of California against a California-based software company and its...more

55 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 3

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide