On May 16, Commissioner Michael O’Rielly of the Federal Communications Commission issued incendiary remarks aimed at mobilizing all industries impacted by the “perpetual legal limbo” that is the current state of Telephone Consumer Protection Act interpretation and litigation.
Speaking at the ACA International Conference, O’Rielly called for businesses to increase pressure on the agency to
Fresh off the heels of an in-depth report detailing Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s leadership and consistent scrutiny of class action settlements, the Department of Justice and twelve state attorneys general, led by Arizona, independently filed objections to a proposed nationwide class action settlement between consumers and Dial. The class settlement focused on misleading advertisements
The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision authored by Justice Clarence Thomas, ruled yesterday that the same False Claims Act statute of limitations period applies whether an action is brought and pursued by a private person, known as a “relator,” or by the government. The opinion focuses on the plain language of the statute and
A recent decision in Cunningham v. Montes, 16-cv-761-jdp, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 74721 (W.D. Wisc. May 3, 2019) has companies and their business owners that provide telephone dialing services on the edge of their seats. Why? Well, in this case the business owner was personally sued for Telephone Consumer Protection Act violations made by
On May 13, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced that the FCC will host a summit on July 11 “to examine industry’s progress” toward meeting the FCC’s deadline to implement “more reliable caller ID information to combat malicious spoofed robocalls.”
The summit is part of the SHAKEN/STIR initiative which is an “industry-led” program through
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (“CFPB”) and Conduent Education Services, LLC (“CES”), a student loan servicing company formerly operating as ACS Education Services, reached a $3.9 million deal for the company’s alleged failure to provide accurate balances on more than 200,000 student loans.
The CFPB found that CES engaged in unfair practices that violated
On May 7, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) announced that he is reintroducing a bill titled the “Repeal CFPB Act” which would eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This represents the third time that Cruz has attempted to introduce a bill in the Senate that would eliminate the CFPB. In 2015 and 2017 the
A bipartisan group of attorneys general from thirty-eight states have signed on to a letter backing the Secure and Fair Enforcement (“SAFE”) Banking Act – H.R. 1595 – as it moves toward the floor of the House of Representatives.
Thirty-three states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam have legalized marijuana for medical
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders attorney Ron Raether will be presenting during the iSMG Fraud & Breach Summit in Seattle. The summit will take place at The W in Seattle, Washington. The summit will focus on security topics such as fraud and breach prevention and on many key industry verticals such as
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders attorney David Anthony will be presenting at the Consumer Data Industry Association Law & Industry Conference at the Covington & Burling, LLP office in Washington, DC. David will be a panelist on the subject matter, “Managing Risk in an Always Changing Litigation & Enforcement Environment” on June
