On September 4, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) issued an Enforcement Advisory cautioning businesses against the use of “dark patterns” in their consumer-facing user interfaces. The California Consumer...more
On February 21, a proposed class action lawsuit was filed against an auto finance company in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia alleging various violations of the Military Lending Act (“MLA”). The...more
On September 8, the FTC’s Chief Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) issued an initial decision finding that a company providing tax filing software services engaged in deceptive advertising practices in violation of Section 5 of...more
9/22/2023
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Advertising ,
Automatic Renewals ,
Deceptively Misdescriptive ,
Enforcement ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Income Taxes ,
Misrepresentation ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Software ,
UDAP
On April 26, an association of Texas state banking organizations and a Texas minority depository institution filed a joint complaint against the CFPB in Texas federal court seeking to invalidate a recently finalized agency...more
5/5/2023
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Data Collection ,
Depository Institutions ,
Enforcement ,
Fair Lending ,
Lenders ,
LGBTQ ,
Minorities ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Small Business Loans ,
Women-Owned Businesses
On March 16, NYDFS entered a consent order resolving an examination of a payment service provider that allows merchants to accept Bitcoin payments from customers in exchange for the equivalent value in local currency credited...more