Autonomous vehicles, or self-driving cars, will revolutionize the way people and products move. But the technologies that have made autonomous vehicles a reality raise novel safety, data privacy, and cybersecurity concerns for federal and state regulators. Addressing these issues will pave the road for other integrated technologies in the internet of everything.
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In the past several years, Dish Network, LLC has found itself a target of several class actions for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Earlier this year, a jury found Dish Network liable for TCPA violations arising from telemarketing calls. The North Carolina District Court trebled the jury verdict, resulting in a $61 million
Recent attempts by The Häagen-Dazs Shoppe Company, Inc., Nestlé Dreyer’s Ice Cream Company, and Nestlé USA, Inc. to have a Telephone Consumer Protection Act putative class action dismissed proved unsuccessful after the United States District Court for the Northern District of California found that the “thank you” text messages at issue could arguably constitute telemarketing.
On October 5, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) called for national standards for data breach notification and data security. While voicing concerns about a “Washington-forced technology solution,” Hensarling said, “We do need a consistent national standard for both data security and breach notification in order to better protect our consumers, hold companies
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced updated legislation that will remove fees for security freezes and consumer credit reports. The new legislation (SB 130/HB 134) includes several pro-consumer changes:
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders partner Ron Raether will be a featured speaker at the upcoming 2017 ISSA International Conference taking place on October 9-11, 2017 at the Sheraton Hotel & Marina in San Diego, California.
Ron will speak on “Governing without Clear Standards: Lessons from the Trenches,” on October 11, 2017,
We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders partner Ron Raether will be a featured speaker at the upcoming American Bar Association Consumer Financial Services Institute taking place October 19-20, 2017 at the Waterview Conference Center in Arlington, Virginia.
Ron will co-panel a discussion entitled, “Financial Privacy, Data Security and Cybersecurity,” on Thursday, October 19,
In re Monitronics International, Inc., pending in the Northern District of West Virginia, is a consolidated class action lawsuit brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. After years of contentious litigation, this past week the Court preliminarily approved a class action settlement of $28 million. This significant settlement serves as another example of the high
In a September 19 speech at the Federal Communications Bar Association in Washington, FTC Acting Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen stated that the Commission should focus on addressing instances of “substantial consumer injury” in deciding which cases to pursue. Echoing (intentionally or not) the language of the Supreme Court’s foundational decision in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins
In Ela v. Kathleen Destefano, the Eleventh Circuit recently commented on the remedies provision of the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act (“DPPA”), holding that the liquidated damages provision does not apply to individual violations of the statute in instances where multiple violations are alleged.
As background, plaintiff Theresa Ann Ela sued Kathleen Destefano, an Orange