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State Watch: Consumer Protection Enforcement Update - August 2025

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The Massachusetts AG enforces the state's mortgage servicing, debt collection, and data breach notification laws, while Texas takes aim at junk fees....more

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District of Arizona Clarifies Causes of Action Available for Breach of Health Data

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Healthcare providers wrestling with the legal fallout of cyber-attacks just received a fresh reminder from the District of Arizona: traditional tort and contract theories remain difficult to sustain after a breach, but...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Federal Trade Commission Finalizes Order With Web Hosting Company Over Data Security Failures

On May 21, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized a consent order with GoDaddy to settle allegations that the web hosting company misled customers and failed to implement basic data security protections. Although...more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

23andMe Bankruptcy Sparks Data Privacy Concerns. Should It?

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In the legal industry, handling business transactions is part of our daily routine. Managing the transfer of personal data during acquisitions, sales, mergers or bankruptcy proceedings has become second nature to us. We...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

New York attorney general files complaint over insurance data breaches

On March 1, New York State Attorney General Letitia James filed a complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against a group of insurance companies and a parent corporation. The complaint alleged these companies...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

State AGs and Consumer Protection: What We Learned From … Michigan

What’s going on with Michigan’s consumer protection statute? How does the Michigan Attorney General’s Office operate? And what are its enforcement priorities?...more

Kilpatrick

Data breach class actions – Northern District of Georgia dismisses four substantive claims, but two survive

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Takeaway: Former FBI Director Robert Mueller once famously said, “There are only two types of companies: those that have been hacked and those that will be.” These days cyberattacks seem to happen all the time. And when a...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Oregon Attorney General issues AI Guidance for businesses

In a significant move to regulate the growing impact of artificial intelligence, Oregon lawmakers recently passed Senate Bill 1571, requiring campaigns to disclose when they use AI to manipulate audio or video images,...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Marriott Settles for $52M & Enhances Data Protections After Multi-State Investigations

Marriott has agreed to pay $52 million dollars and implement new consumer data protections to settle investigations by attorneys general from 49 states and the Federal Trade Commission, following data breaches that occurred...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FTC Takes Action Against GoDaddy for Alleged Lax Data Security

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a proposed settlement order against GoDaddy alleging that it “has failed to implement reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect and monitor its website-hosting...more

Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report – 12.19.2024

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Illinois AG’s and FTC’s Settlement Takes a $25 Million...more

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The State AG Report – 09.19.2024

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Republican AGs Urge EPA to Block CA’s Clean Fleets...more

Alston & Bird

Class Action & MDL Roundup 2024 Q1 – Reaching Across the Pond

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Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the first quarter of 2024. In this edition, UK High Court weighs in on information asymmetry, debit is better than credit,...more

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Texas Mortgage Loan Rule Changes

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The Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending has proposed a wide-ranging overhaul of its rules concerning residential mortgage loan originators (RMLOs), loan companies, mortgage bankers, and servicers. Some of the...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

State AG Updates: Data Privacy & Security; Consumer Protection; Wage & Employment; Unfair & Deceptive Practices; Health Care Fraud...

At a Glance - In this final edition for 2023, the number and breadth of data privacy and security enforcement actions demonstrate that state AGs are flexing their muscles and playing a significant regulatory role in this...more

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FTC Announces Enforcement Action Against Global Tel*Link Corporation for Unfair Data Security Practices and Inadequate Data Breach...

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On November 16, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced an enforcement action against Global Tel*Link Corporation and two of its subsidiaries (collectively, “GTL”), which provide communications and payment services to...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Litigation Preparedness Following a Data Breach: Three Tips to Consider During the Incident Response Period

Data breaches come in many different forms, sizes, and levels of complexity, but they tend to share certain key facts: A third-party bad actor—whether through a phishing attack, a ransomware attack, exploitation of a zero-day...more

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Regulatory Overreach/Litigation Remedies To Curtail Regulatory Excess by Federal Trade Commission

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With the rise of large-scale, high-profile data breaches, the Federal Trade Commission has expressed its intent to hold companies accountable. (See “Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2022-04,” Consumer Financial...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Consent Horizon: BetterHelp to Pay $7.8 Million to Settle FTC Claims

On the heels of its $1.5 million enforcement action against GoodRx, the FTC is back with an enforcement action against BetterHelp, an online mental health counseling service. This time the price tag will be $7.8 million,...more

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FTC Continues Enforcement Focus on the Use and Disclosure of Health Information for Advertising

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On Thursday, March 2, the FTC announced an enforcement action against BetterHelp, Inc., an online mental health counseling service, relating to claims that the company’s collection and use of consumer health data were unfair...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Better Keep Health Data Private, FTC Signals to On-Line Health Care Providers

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Watch out HHS, the FTC is taking the lead in enforcing privacy violations by companies also subject to HIPAA. BetterHelp, an on-line mental health platform, engaged in unfair and unreasonable privacy practices according to...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Not What the Doctor Ordered: GoodRx to Pay $1.5 Million in FTC’s First Enforcement of the Health Breach Notification Rule

The Federal Trade Commission earlier this month undertook an enforcement action against online pharmacy and telehealth provider GoodRx, in the latest example of the agency seriously pursuing its role as the nation’s de facto...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Is the FTC a “Regulator”?  It Sure Seems to be Moving in that Direction  

For the 26+ years I served at the FTC, the agency always described itself as a “law enforcement agency,” not a “regulator.” That’s because the FTC spent most of its resources on enforcing the FTC Act and other laws passed by...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Wiley Consumer Protection Download (February 13, 2023)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

FTC diagnoses common digital practices as both UDAP and breach

In a groundbreaking decision, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it was diagnosing GoodRx’s use of tracking pixel codes and analytics, its digital strategy, as not only an unfair or deceptive act or abusive practice...more

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