On April 22, the Washington State Legislature passed H.B. 1071, a bill designed to strengthen the state’s data breach notification law. The bill, which will take effect March 1, 2020, if and when signed, includes the following amendments:
2018 was a busy year in the consumer financial services world. As we navigate the continuing heavy volume of regulatory change and forthcoming developments from the Trump Administration, members of Troutman’s Consumer Financial Services Practice will review the current state of federal and state consumer financial services law and policy and highlight what you and
On January 28, Thomas W. Thrash, Jr., the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, issued four decisions on motions to dismiss in cases arising out of the Equifax data breach. Below are a few noteworthy takeaways.
Factual Background
From mid-May through the end of July 2017, hackers
All the presents have been opened.
The New Year’s Eve ball has been dropped.
We have honored Martin Luther King Day.
But our celebrations do not stop.
You see, today isn’t just a Monday.
It’s not just the first day of the week.
Today isn’t only the end to your weekend.
Or a day to
Over the last few years, an increased focus continues on the right to privacy and the debate on how to best implement privacy tools that are balanced with business and technological innovation. In the United States, the debate to adopt policies like those in the European Union has recently intensified as consumer advocates view data
It is commonplace today for businesses to include binding arbitration provisions in customer agreements. It is also common for these arbitration agreements to have a “delegation provision,” where the parties agree to delegate to the arbitrator – not the court – questions of whether the arbitration agreement applies to a dispute. But even when the
Your diet and fitness goals are not the only things scheduled to change come the New Year. On April 10, 2018, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed Senate File 2177, which modified provisions applicable to consumer security freezes and personal information security breach protection. The Act, which goes into full effect on January 1, was
Finally, at last, the end may be near,
For the multiple class actions that Yahoo did bear.
Arising from three data breaches that occurred in the past,
A proposed settlement has been reached, let’s start with the class.
The proposed settlement class under Rule 23,
Includes residents and small businesses, both U.S.
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders attorney Ron Raether will be presenting during the iSMG Information Security Media Group’s Legal & Compliance Summit in New York. The summit will take place at the Convene New York City, New York. The summit will focus on acronym laws and standards that can be maddening to
On October 15, the Colorado Supreme Court affirmed that state’s Court of Appeals’ decision upholding a trial court’s granting dismissal of a plaintiff’s Colorado Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“CFDCPA”) action. The central issue in the case was whether a default judgment obtained against a tortfeasor by a law firm on behalf of its