On January 7, the District Court for the District of Minnesota tossed a putative class action against SuperValu, Inc., finding that the plaintiffs’ claims of possible future harm were too speculative to satisfy Article III standing requirements.
In this multi-district litigation, sixteen named plaintiffs alleged they were harmed by two 2014 data breaches
Henry Schein Practice Solutions, Inc., the provider of leading office management software for dental practices, has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges for allegedly misrepresenting the advertised level of encryption it provided to protect patient data.
Schein sold management software, known as Dentrix G5, to dental practices. Dentists used Dentrix G5
On January 11, in Club Texting, Inc.’s Petition for a Declaratory Ruling, the Federal Communications Commission issued an Order that has the potential of increasing the scope of senders who can be liable for unwanted text messages under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). In the process, the FCC doubled-down on its controversial July
On December 11, 2015, the United States Department of Justice filed an intervenor’s brief in support of the constitutionality of the “emergency calls exception” in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), a federal statute regulating the usage of automatic telephone dialer systems. The issue embroils the government in a consumer dispute with Facebook, which is
“The era of big data has arrived,” begins the Federal Trade Commission’s report released on January 6, entitled “Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion? Understanding the Issues.” The report demonstrates that the FTC and industry will continue to draw lines on the use of data analytics into 2016.
The phrase “big data,” according
The coming year will raise many questions about how e-commerce, social media and “ad tech” may continue collecting and using consumer data. Last year, legal developments left organizations that store and collect consumer information to wonder: (1) What are the limitations of data collection on the Internet; (2) how can data be used; and (3)
Last Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would heighten the standards for obtaining class certification by requiring extra scrutiny as to the continuity of the damages claimed by the class representative and the putative class members. Lawmakers voted 211-188 to pass H.R. 1927, the Fairness in Class Action Litigation and
On January 7, the Federal Trade Commission announced four new enforcement actions targeting debt collectors and continuing the FTC’s nationwide crackdown of illegal debt collection tactics. The cases are part of Operation Collection Protection, a coordinated federal-state enforcement initiative targeting deceptive and abusive debt collection practices. Over the past year, 130 actions have been brought
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently issued a “Request for Information Regarding Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Resubmission Guidelines.” The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act was enacted in 1975 and requires covered depository and nondepository institutions to collect and publicly disclose information about applications for, originations of, and purchases of home purchase loans, home improvement
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders Partner Keith Barnett will participate in a webinar entitled “Third Party Payment Processors: The Road to Certification” on Thursday, January 7, at 2:00 p.m. EST. Join the panelists for this complimentary webinar, offered by KirkpatrickPrice, for a discussion on compliance management