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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

District court grants state attorneys general $600K in attorney fees

On May 27, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas granted a motion for attorneys’ general fees and costs against a defendant incurred in contempt proceedings for violations of a previous stipulated...more

Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report – 06.05.2025

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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: • AGs Secure Contempt Ruling Against Robocaller for...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

T-Mobile’s $31.5 Million Data Protection and Cybersecurity Settlement with the FCC

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a data protection and cybersecurity settlement with T-Mobile, resolving the FCC’s investigations related to the data breaches suffered by T-Mobile that affected...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Ring, Ring, it’s the FCC Calling- TracFone to Pay $16M to Settle FCC Investigation

TracFone, the pre-paid phone company, recently settled with the FCC over allegations that the company failed to protect customer information during three different data incidents. According to the FCC, in each of the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Tracfone Settles FCC Investigation for $16 Million

This week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a settlement with TracFone Wireless to resolve investigations into whether TracFone failed to reasonably protect its customers’ information from unauthorized...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Seven State AGs Announce Settlement With Robocallers

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On August 16, a coalition of seven state attorneys general (AG) announced a settlement with participants alleged to be involved in a “massive” robocall operation. The stipulated order, which names Scott Shapiro, Michael T....more

Venable LLP

Vonage, Autorenewals, and the FTC’s Ever-Expanding Interpretation of ROSCA

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Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a press release, announcing a $100 million settlement with Vonage, an internet-based telephone service company, for alleged violations of the Restore Online Shoppers’...more

The Volkov Law Group

Ericsson’s Pervasive Bribery Conduct: The Toxic Mix of Senior Executive Involvement and Third Party Corruption (Part II of II)

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Ericsson’s FCPA settlement is in the books (not the books and records).  But it casts a significant shadow across the FCPA landscape.  A pervasive and systemic culture of bribery is defined to reflect senior executive...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - August 2019

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - Telecommunications Company Fined $12 Million for FCPA Violations - On August 29, 2019, The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) instituted ceaseand-desist proceedings against...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

FCC Enforcement Bureau Settles with CenturyLink Over Alleged Unauthorized Third-Party Charges

On August 13, 2019, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau announced that it settled a nearly three-year long investigation into whether CenturyLink included unauthorized charges from third-party service providers on customer bills....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

MTS FCPA Settlement and Karimova Indictment: Part I-Introduction

In a stunning resolution to one of the longest running bribery, corruption and money-laundering sagas on the international stage, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) both announced...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

ZTE Is Assessed $1.19 Billion in Penalties for Criminal and Civil Violations of Export Control and Economic Sanctions Laws and...

On March 7, 2017, the U.S. government announced that China's Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation and its affiliate, ZTE Kangxun Telecommunications Ltd. (collectively "ZTE"), have agreed to a global settlement...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

State AGs seek to intervene in CFPB enforcement action to modify settlement terms

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The Attorneys General for the states of Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, and Vermont recently took the unusual step of filing a joint motion to intervene to modify the settlement terms of a CFPB enforcement action....more

Bracewell LLP

VimpelCom's Global FCPA Settlement - A Multinational Resolution

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Public Prosecution Service of the Netherlands (OM) announced a coordinated criminal and civil Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Additional Recent Actions Added To UDAAP Database

The CFPB has issued new enforcement actions that include allegations of unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts and practices (UDAAP) in connection with consumer financial products. We’ve updated our UDAAP Database with the most...more

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