We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders partner David Anthony will be a featured speaker for a live webinar entitled “FCRA Class Actions: Minimizing Litigation Woes for Employers” on Wednesday, April 27 from 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. EST.

During this webinar, the panelists will provide an in-depth discussion of Fair Credit Reporting Act

Join Troutman Sanders partners David Anthony and Ashley Taylor at the upcoming National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) Mid-Year Legislative & Regulatory Conference at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC on April 3-5.

The NAPBS Mid-Year Conference focuses on regulation, legislation, education, and compliance related to the background screening industry and,

We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders partner David Anthony will be a panelist at the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section Spring Meeting at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth in Montreal, Canada on April 6-9. 

David will speak on a panel sponsored by the Consumer Financial Services Committee entitled “Update on the Telephone Consumer

In the FTC’s annual report detailing consumer complaints, complaints against debt collectors topped the list for the first time in 15 years.   

The FTC received more than 3 million complaints in 2015.  That’s up from 2.5 million in 2014. Some of the increase can be attributed to the fact that more people know to

In Lee v. Dollar Thrifty Auto. Group, Inc., the plaintiffs brought a class action lawsuit alleging multiple violations of the employment background check provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”).  Specifically, the plaintiffs claimed that the defendants failed to provide them with disclosures properly informing them that a background check would be

Businesses engaged in web-based advertising should pay careful attention to two recent actions by the Federal Trade Commission indicating the Commission is closely scrutinizing online marketing practices.

One action involved Lumos Labs, Inc., the owner of the online “brain game” portal Lumosity; the other involved Stratford Career Institute, an online school purporting to offer high

Penn National Gaming has been hit with a class action alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act’s requirement that an employer’s disclosure to a job applicant that a background check is being obtained be made in a document consisting “solely” of the disclosure.

According to the complaint filed in the Philadelphia County Court of

We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders partner Keith Barnett will participate in a webinar entitled “Third Party Payment Processors Series: Chief Compliance Officer Responsibilities” on Friday, March 4, at 2:00 p.m. EST.  Join the panelists for this complimentary webinar offered by Kirkpatrick Price and the Third Party Payment Processors Association (TPPPA).  The discussion

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]

  • Obtain affirmations from organizations