Today, January 28, 2020, is Data Privacy Day – a day dedicated to promoting privacy and data protection best practices. In recognition of the day, Troutman Sanders attorneys have returned again this year to send a bit of data privacy cheer.
All the presents have been opened.
The New Year’s Eve ball has been dropped.
In early January, President Trump signed the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (“TRACED”) Act into law, supporting bipartisan legislative efforts to curb robocalls. The Act gives the Federal Communications Commission greater enforcement authority against illegal robocallers. Specifically, under the new law, the FCC can now extend the statute of limitations by
On January 17, the Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement of allegations against a Latvian payment processor and its former CEO that they enabled a deceptive “free trial” offer scheme that billed United States consumers the full price for certain products and engaged in various tactics amounting to “credit card laundering.”
According to the FTC’s
On January 23, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of the class action complaint filed by plaintiff Muhammad M. Butt against FD Holdings, LLC d/b/a Factual Data in the case styled, Butt v. FD Holdings, LLC, d/b/a Factual Data. A copy of the Court’s opinion can be
In Lampert v. Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA, plaintiff Debbie H. Lampert filed suit in the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois against a debt collection agency, alleging that defendant Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act when it failed to cease collection
A Colorado woman is suing a collection agency in federal court under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act for mistakenly emailing a receipt intended for her to a third party.
Plaintiff Stephanie Dehart incurred medical debt following the birth and delivery of her daughter. Her debt later was placed with defendant CollectionCenter, Inc., “the premier
Is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau constitutional? Soon we will know. But what happens to the CFPB’s day-to-day work in the meantime? A student loan relief company decided to find out, and learned that the issue of the CFPB’s constitutionality will have no effect on the company’s obligation to respond to a civil investigative demand.
On January 21, a bipartisan coalition of 22 state attorneys general, along with the Hawaii Office of Consumer Protection, sent a letter to Comptroller Joseph M. Otting of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, objecting to a proposed rule that may extend the right of national banking and savings associations preemption of state
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders’ attorney David Anthony will be presenting during the American Bar Association’s 2020 Corporate Counsel CLE Seminar at the Park Hyatt Aviara Resort in Carlsbad, California. For over 30 years in-house and outside counsel have come together to learn, network and share expertise about the unique challenges they
Wire fraud cases, arising from what the Federal Bureau of Investigation calls “business email compromise,” are on the rise. In 2018, the FBI reported that business email compromise and other internet-enabled theft, fraud, and exploitation resulted in $2.7 billion of financial loss. See FBI – IC3 Annual Report Released. Surprisingly, even sophisticated parties and