On May 22, 2017, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a settlement with Safetech Products LLC (“Safetech”) over allegations that the Internet of Things (IoT) company sold insecure wireless door and padlocks. According to the Attorney General, the settlement marks the first time a state Attorneys General has taken legal action against a wireless
On May 23, state attorneys general from 47 states and the District of Columbia announced a settlement agreement with Target Corporation to resolve the states’ investigation into the company’s 2013 data breach. Under the terms of the Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (“AVC”), Target will pay $18.5 million to the states – the largest multistate data
While the world eagerly awaits the D.C. Circuit’s forthcoming ruling on the proper interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), a recent federal court ruling imposing tens of millions of dollars of liability is a reminder of the risks associated with outbound calling activities and of the stakes at play in the ACA International
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced this month that he will “ban the box” for some applicants applying for certain state government positions, and that he will do so by executive order, which would take effect as of July 1, 2017. The executive order would affect hiring in nearly 70,000 state jobs within the executive branch
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced the creation of Operation Tech Trap, a new joint effort among national and international partners to combat tech support scams that dupe consumers into believing their computers contain harmful computer viruses and malware and then trick these consumers into paying hundreds of dollars for unnecessary repairs to “fix” their
Many predicted that newly-elected President Donald Trump would remove Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, upon taking office. Cordray remains the head of the CFPB, but uncertainty still looms at the agency. President Trump has characterized the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the legislation which created the CFPB, as
On May 4, Bellwether Community Credit Union filed a class action suit on behalf of a proposed class of financial institutions in Colorado federal court against Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., claiming that the chain’s recently announced data breach caused significant financial harm to the credit union. Bellwether’s complaint alleges that Chipotle’s purportedly lax
On May 18, the Southern District of New York rendered a long–awaited opinion on “current account balance” cases, holding that current balances referenced in collection letters, with no mention of accruing interest or fees, do not violate Section 1692e of the Fair Debt C
On May 15, 2017, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Eleventh Circuit erred when it found a debt buyer liable under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act for filing proofs of claim in bankruptcy on debts that had become time-barred. A copy of the Court’s opinion can be found here.
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We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders partner Ronald Raether will be a featured speaker at the Ninth Annual Information Security Summit hosted by the Los Angeles Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) at the Universal City Hilton. During a lunch panel discussion on May 19, Ron will address emerging topics in