We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders partners Ashley Taylor and David Anthony will be featured speakers at the upcoming Credit and Collections News (CCN) Annual Conference. The conference will be held March 30 through April 1 at the Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida.
Ashley will speak on a panel entitled “Working with Your
On February 29, the FTC announced more tentative details of the Privacy Shield program, subject to a determination of adequacy from the EU prior to implementation.[1] The documents provided concurrent with the announcement suggest that the Privacy Shield program likely will include the following requirements in its final form:[2]
As we previously reported, section 301(b) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 permits an exception to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 for calls and text messages “made solely to collect a debt owed to or guaranteed by the United States.” The TCPA generally prohibits calls made and text messages sent utilizing
In a recent published opinion, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected a borrower’s claims for breach of contract, negligence, wrongful foreclosure, and violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (“DTPA”). The plaintiff was awarded legal possession of the property as part of a divorce proceeding. At origination, the
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders partner Keith Barnett will be a featured speaker during a live webinar entitled “UDAAP and Third Party Payment Processors” on Monday, March 7 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. EST.
In its enforcement actions, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has expanded the scope of what
The FTC and Maine Office of the Attorney General recently announced a joint settlement with two Portland–based sellers of weight loss supplements. The joint complaint filed in the United States District Court for the District of Maine alleged that Anthony Dill, his wife Staci Dill, and their two companies, Direct Alternatives and Original
In February, the FTC settled claims against Taiwan-based computer hardware maker ASUSTek Computer, Inc. over allegations the company misled consumers about the security of its routers and cloud services. ASUS routers are used primarily in private homes to establish internet connections for personal devices such as laptops, tablets, and phones. The cloud services were provided
On February 18, the California Supreme Court issued a potentially far-reaching decision in Yvanova v. New Century Mortgage Corp., in which it ruled that certain mortgage borrowers have standing to sue for wrongful foreclosure based on a void assignment of the promissory note or deed of trust. Although the Court limited the scope of
On February 18, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it had settled charges against Butterfly Labs and two of its operators stemming from the alleged deception of consumers regarding new mining machines for the virtual currency, Bitcoin. According to the FTC, the company and its corporate officers charged consumers thousands of dollars for its Bitcoin
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders partner Ron Raether will be a featured speaker at the American Conference Institute’s 12th Cyber & Data Risk Insurance Conference in Chicago. The conference will take place over the course of two days and will address matters of critical importance to the cyber and data