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“Test-shopping” by FTC results in warning letters to data broker companies

  • Bryan Cave LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 14 2013

A recent "test-shopping" operation by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) resulted in warning letters to ten data broker companies that

Galloway v. Kansas City Landsmen, LLC: court rejects coupon settlement after finding that few class members would be likely to file a claim

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • USA
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  • November 12 2012

As readers of the blog by now know, I’m always on the lookout for examples of class-action settlements that pay off the lawyers while providing little or no benefit to the members of the putative class

Ohio Supreme Court holds mortgage servicing not subject to Consumer Sales Practices Act

  • BuckleySandler LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 20 2013

On May 14, the Ohio Supreme Court held in response to two certified questions from a federal district court that the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices

Surge in Massachusetts zip code litigation brings new liability concerns for retailers

  • Governo Law Firm LLC
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 2 2013

We recently reported on the landmark ruling in Tyler v. Michaels Stores, Inc., 464 Mass. 492 (2013), where the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

The Federal Reserve Board's proposed new risk management requirements for firms requiring enhanced supervision

  • Dentons
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  • USA
  • -
  • October 22 2012

Much has been written about the increasing responsibilities of the Board of Directors for risk oversight and the changes in corporate governance that these additional responsibilities often require

Recent Fifth Circuit decision highlights importance of clarity and specificity when discussing terms of loan trade

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 30 2013

A recent Fifth Circuit decision serves as a reminder to loan market participants that they should choose their words very carefully when discussing

VisaMasterCard interchange fee litigation May 28, 2013 deadline to respond to class action settlement agreement

  • Ropes & Gray LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 12 2013

All entities that accept Visa- or MasterCard-branded credit andor debit cards must decide, on or before May 28, 2013, how to respond to the

Shareholder derivative action against Wells Fargo’s directors survives motion to dismiss

  • Chadbourne & Parke LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 5 2012

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California recently denied the motion of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”) to dismiss claims that its directors and officers breached their fiduciary duties to shareholders during the mortgage crisis

CFPB’s first enforcement action warns financial institutions about liability for third party activities on their behalf; related compliance bulletin offers guidance

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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  • USA
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  • July 25 2012

On July 18, 2012, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) marked its one-year anniversary by announcing its first public enforcement action with an Order requiring Capital One Bank to refund approximately $140 million to two million customers and to pay a $25 million civil monetary penalty to settle charges that some of its third party call-center vendors used “deceptive marketing tactics” to pressure or mislead consumers into paying for ancillary products to the bank’s credit cards

Settlement places cloud over long-anticipated Ninth Circuit guidance on statutory damages class actions

  • Wiley Rein LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 8 2008

The long anticipated Ninth Circuit guidance on the use of statutory damages class actions under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) and similar privacy statutes could be derailed by a provisional class settlement agreed to in March