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Alaska Obtains Six-Figure Civil Penalty in Product Labeling Case

Troutman Pepper Locke on 3/28/2025

Alaska’s Department of Law’s Consumer Protection Unit recently announced it obtained a Superior Court order issuing a $250,000 civil penalty against B. Merry Studio, which the state alleged to have marketed products as being...more

Pending U.S. Supreme Court Cases May Restrict FTC’s Pursuit of Monetary Relief in Privacy and Cybersecurity Matters

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 7/27/2020

Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a pair of cases that provide it with the opportunity to severely restrict the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC’s”) authority to obtain equitable money relief in...more

Current Developments in Bank Deposits and Payment Systems (Spring 2019)

Hudson Cook, LLP on 6/10/2019

This survey summarizes several recent developments affecting bank deposits and payment systems. The U.S. department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued new guidance concerning the customer...more

CFPB announces settlement with consumer lenders charged with unlawful debt collection and credit reporting practices

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/15/2018

The CFPB announced that it has entered into a consent order with Security Group Inc. and its subsidiaries (Security Group) to settle an administrative enforcement action that charged the companies with having engaged in...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - July 2017

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/2/2017

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine new privacy laws in Germany, an FTC settlement with an alleged consumer loan company over unfair and deceptive practices, the dismissal of a data...more

North Carolina Attorney General Secures Over $35 Million In Settlement With Debt Relief Providers

Goodwin on 3/14/2017

On March 9, 2017, the North Carolina Attorney General (“AG”) announced that it had settled a lawsuit filed in the Wake County, North Carolina Superior Court against three debt relief companies and two individuals. As a...more

Is Your Company Compliant? CFPB Requires Written Enterprise-Wide UDAAP Risk-Management Program

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 10/6/2016

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered First National Bank of Omaha (FNBO) to pay a $4.5 million civil money penalty and $27.75 million in customer restitution for violations of engaging in deceptive...more

Unfair Competition in the Wine Industry

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 7/30/2016

California counties are increasingly using California’s Unfair Competition Law (UCL) to bring government enforcement actions against local businesses for myriad reasons. California’s UCL is extremely broad, encompassing...more

Is the CFPB the New Cop on the Data Security Beat?

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/4/2016

On March 2, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) broke new ground (at least for the CFPB) when it released a consent order against Dwolla, Inc. (“Dwolla”), an online payment platform, regarding data...more

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Levies Repayment, Civil Fines for Deceptive Mortgage Practices

BakerHostetler on 8/12/2015

On Tuesday, July 28, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered Paymap Inc., a Colorado-based payment processing company and wholly owned subsidiary of Western Union Company, to repay consumers $33.4 million in fees and...more

Antitrust-Related Recent Developments: DOJ settles gun-jumping case, FTC issues fines for failure to submit HSR filing and FTC...

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 12/5/2014

DOJ fines particleboard manufacturers $4.95 million for gun-jumping violations - On Friday, November 7, 2014, two companies agreed to pay $4.95 million to settle U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) allegations that the...more

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