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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

California's Song-Beverly Credit Card Act does not apply to online downloadable purchases

  • Venable LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 15 2013

For now, online retailers can rest assured that they are not liable under California's Song-Beverly Credit Card Act if they require customers to

Online, but off song-Beverly: California Supreme Court in a narrow ruling finds that song-beverly does not apply to retailers selling downloadable products

  • Sedgwick LLP
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  • USA
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  • February 11 2013

In at least one specific type of transaction, California retailers can now breathe a little easier. In Apple Inc. v. Superior Court (Krescent), No

International regulatory update 7 - 11 January 2013

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • European Union, France, Global, India, Poland, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • January 14 2013

EMIR: Extension of scrutiny period for Commission Delegated Regulations Basel III: Basel Committee releases revised version of Liquidity Coverage

FTC continues push against data brokers

  • Jackson Lewis LLP
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  • USA
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  • October 11 2012

As we have referenced in previous posts, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched an aggressive push against data brokers and credit reporting agencies in its enforcement of the rules under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA

Financial services report, fall 2012

  • Morrison & Foerster LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • October 4 2012

The Mars rover "Curiosity" stuck a perfect landing this quarter

Tune up your credit counseling agency’s compliance system

  • Venable LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • July 9 2012

Credit counseling agencies operate in a dynamic environment influenced by challenges to profitability and survival, increased focus on outcomes to consumers, industry consolidation, advancing technology, and changes in laws and regulations

Software code theft: are you protected?

  • Neal Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 4 2012

The case of Sergey Aleynikov, a former Goldman Sachs programmer who was criminally indicted for stealing software code relating to the bank’s high-frequency trading applications, serves as a useful reminder that software, like any valuable asset, can be a tempting target for would-be wrongdoers

Identity theft tops FTC’s list of complaints for 2011

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 4 2012

The FTC released a list of the top ten consumer complaints received by the bureau in the year 2011

California court OKs collecting consumer zip codes to combat credit card fraud

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • March 22 2012

Just over a year after it was filed, Chevron Corporation and other oil companies won dismissal of a putative privacy class action filed after the California Supreme Court's decision in Pineda v. Williams-Sonoma Stores, Inc