We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders partners Keith Barnett and Ashley Taylor will be featured speakers at the annual Third Party Payment Processors Association (TPPPA) Executive Summit on November 9-11 at the Phoenician in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Keith and Ashley will provide an update on the legal and regulatory environment in the payment processing
On May 24, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission will host an all-day conference in Washington, D.C., examining the state of identity theft and how it may evolve in the future. The conference, titled “Planning for the Future,” corresponds to the ten-year anniversary of the creation of the Identity Theft Task Force, which is co-chaired by
Join Troutman Sanders partners David N. Anthony and Ronald I. Raether, Jr. for a complimentary webinar discussion on November 10 at 12:00 noon EST on the Spokeo Inc. v. Robins case which was decided by the United States Supreme Court on May 16, 2016. Troutman Sanders has been following this case throughout its lifecycle and
On October 24, the Middle District of Pennsylvania dismissed a putative class action against TD Bank USA, holding that the plaintiff’s state law claims were preempted by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The case is Prukala v. TD Bank United States, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 146614 (M.D. Pa. October 24, 2016).
Plaintiff Michael Prukala
On October 19, the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico denied defendants’ motion to dismiss a TCPA putative class action on Spokeo grounds.
In LaVigne v. First Community Bancshares, Inc., et al., the plaintiff contends that the defendants called her on her cell phone approximately 195 to 265 times using
The FTC has filed a complaint and secured a temporary injunction against five companies and their owners, alleging use of deceptive practices to trick consumers into purchasing unneeded technology services for their computers.
As detailed in the complaint, the FTC alleges that the scheme worked as follows: a pop-up ad would appear on a consumer’s
Ethan Ostroff has been selected by ACA International (Association of Credit and Collection Professionals) to serve in the Attorney State Chair Program for the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Attorney State Chair Program provides ACA International units and their members with access to an attorney licensed to practice law in their state. These attorneys have volunteered
On October 13, Judge Christina A. Snyder of the United States District Court for the Central District of California granted summary judgment in favor of Bank of America and other defendants in a putative Fair Credit Reporting Act class action. In Robert Berrellez v. Pontoon Solutions, Inc. et al., No. 2:15-cv-01898, the plaintiff alleged
On October 12, the Sixth Circuit denied Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company’s petition for rehearing en banc on the Court’s decision to revive a putative class action stemming from a 2012 data breach.
According to the plaintiffs’ class action complaint, hackers who breached Nationwide’s computer network on October 3, 2012, stole the personal information of the
On October 12, the named plaintiff in a Fair Credit Reporting Act class action asked the Northern District of Illinois to certify her putative class against Costco Wholesale Corporation.
According to the Complaint, the plaintiff used her credit card to make a purchase at one of Costco’s stores in January 2016. By the time she