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Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issues guidance on virtual currency

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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May 16 2013

FinCEN recently issued interpretive guidance to clarify that it views certain activities involving convertible virtual currencies as money

Mark your calendar: Sept. 1, N.J. requires cash back for certain stored value cards

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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August 27 2012

On June 29, 2012, Governor Chris Christie signed into law Senate Bill 1928, a bill approved by both the New Jersey Assembly and Senate on June 25, 2012

Will New Jersey join other states requiring cash back for certain stored value cards?

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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July 5 2012

On June 25, 2012, both the New Jersey Assembly and Senate voted to approve Senate Bill 1928, an act amending, among other laws, P.L. 2010, c.25

9th Circuit: Federal Arbitration Act preempts California's Broughton-Cruz rule on claims for injunctive relief

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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March 12 2012

Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision favoring arbitration clauses in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has now held in Kilgore v. KeyBank, N.A. that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) preempts the California Broughton-Cruz rule that prohibited arbitration of claims for injunctive relief under California’s Unfair Competition Law

Recess appointment of Cordray enabled CFPB action, but will it pass legal muster?

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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February 9 2012

In January, during the mid-session recess of Congress, President Obama announced the appointment of Richard Cordray to serve as the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

California court denies class certification in post-Pineda ZIP code case against retailer

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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December 5 2011

Recently, Judge S. James Otero of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied plaintiff Norma Rothman's class certification motion in connection with her complaint under California's Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971

Retailers recording ZIP codes: class action fuel in California, uncertainty in New Jersey

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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October 11 2011

Within weeks of each other, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Hansbury and U.S. District Court Judge Wallseach ruling on a motion to dismiss a claim brought under New Jersey's Truth in Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Actdisagreed about whether such a claim may be premised on an alleged violation of New Jersey's privacy law, N.J.S.A. 56:11-17

Retailers, manufacturers must disclose efforts to combat slavery, human trafficking as of Jan. 1

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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October 4 2011

Beginning January 1, 2012, California Civil Code Section 1714.43 will require retail sellers and manufacturers doing business in California to disclose their efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from their direct supply chains for tangible goods offered for sale

craigslist defeats claim that Song-Beverly Credit Card Act governs online transactions

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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September 8 2011

San Francisco Superior Court sustains craigslist, Inc.’s demurrer to plaintiff Norman Gonor’s class action alleging violations of California’s Song-Beverly Credit Card Act in connection with online transactions involving credit cards

Starting January 1st, Oregon will require cash redemption for certain gift cards

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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August 30 2011

On June 14, Governor John Kitzhaber signed into law Oregon Senate Bill 756, which amends Oregon’s gift card law to prohibit selling a gift card that does not give the cardholder the option to redeem it for cash when the balance on the card is less than $5 and the card has been used for at least one purchase

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