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Connecticut AG Settles Claims Over Deficient Privacy Notice: 6 Key Lessons for Businesses that Collect and Use Consumer Data

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While website privacy notices are now commonplace – and consumers might only skim them – a recent settlement highlights the importance of staying vigilant about complying with applicable consumer privacy laws. The Connecticut...more

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SEP Licensing Wins Continue—Multinational Litigation Strategy Drives Licensing Win for Ericsson

Ericsson finally sees resolution of its standard essential patent (“SEP”) campaign against Lenovo and Motorola, filed globally in multiple jurisdictions, importantly at the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”). In a...more

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Judge Delays Final Approval of the House v. NCAA Settlement Over Roster Limit Concerns: What Your Athletic Department Should Know...

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The future of college sports hangs in the balance as negotiations over the NCAA’s proposed $2.8 billion antitrust settlement head into overtime. Judge Claudia Wilken recently declined to grant final approval of the deal due...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Looking Back at 2024's Noteworthy State AG Litigation

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State attorneys general across the U.S. took bold steps in 2024 to address unlawful activities by corporations in several areas, including privacy and data security, financial transparency, children’s internet safety, and...more

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Federal court orders Harris Jewelry to reopen website to allow consumers to request refunds

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A federal court has ordered Harris Jewelry to reopen its claims process and to again notify consumers that they may submit their claims for refunds from the jewelry company....more

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Are Whistleblower Protection Violations the New SEC Sweep?

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues to investigate companies for including language in their employment and separation agreements or retail client settlement agreements that potentially discourages...more

Fisher Phillips

Snap Reaches $15M Settlement Over Alleged Equal Pay Violations: Why the Deal Might Be a Sign of What’s to Come for All Employers

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Snapchat’s parent company has agreed to pay $15 million and take extensive measures to ensure fair employment practices as part of settlement to resolve claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation against women at...more

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The Interplay: Key Decisions at the Intersection of Antitrust & Life Sciences - April 2024

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This week, the FTC continued its intense regulatory focus on pharmaceutical patents listed in the FDA’s Orange Book. As reported in earlier editions of The Interplay, the FTC issued a policy statement in September 2023,...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Google and State AGs Defend Proposed $700M Antitrust Settlement Amid Judicial Scrutiny

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On April 17, a group of five state attorneys general (AG) and Google filed briefs defending the proposed $700 million settlement agreement reached in three antitrust suits brought against Google....more

Alston & Bird

Merchant Plaintiffs Reach Settlement in Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation

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Our Financial Services Group summarizes the closely observed preliminary settlement agreement over the fees credit card companies and banks charge merchants....more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] The Brazil Summit on Anti-Corruption, Integrity & ESG - May 22nd - 23rd, São Paulo, Brazil

Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 14th Annual Summit on Anti-Corruption, Integrity & ESG returns to Brazil for another groundbreaking year to discuss the current high-stakes dilemmas impacting your organization....more

Snell & Wilmer

The Uncertain World: Nearshoring, Economic Development, and the Next Frontier

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Historically, international trade regulation has swung between economic protectionism and national security concerns. Between World War II and the 2018 presidential election, the primary international trade regulatory issue...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

DuPont Companies to Pay Delaware an Extra $25 Million Under 2021 PFAS Settlement

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A recent DuPont settlement in Ohio triggers additional payments to Delaware under a 2021 agreement. In June 2021, (i) E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, (ii) Corteva, Inc., (iii) The Chemours Company, and (iv) DuPont de...more

Oberheiden P.C.

Insights from OFAC Enforcement Actions So Far

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Each year, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) initiates several enforcement actions targeting companies, financial institutions, and individuals in the United States and abroad. These enforcement actions can present...more

Cozen O'Connor

FTC is Mortgage Technology Industry’s White Knight in Antitrust Settlement

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The FTC settled with Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) and Black Knight, Inc. to resolve allegations that a proposed merger of the nation’s two largest providers of home mortgage loan origination systems (LOS) would...more

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Bank of America Hit with $250 Million in Penalties for Account Abuse Practices

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Bank of America joined the club of consumer abusers – Wells Fargo had been the well-established leader of this club and the poster-child for abusive consumer practices.  For years, Bank of America avoided federal...more

Robinson Bradshaw

It Pays to Over-Think Class Definitions and Release Provisions in Class Action Settlement Agreements

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Limiting exposure to future claims is a crucial aspect of settling class action litigation. A recent opinion out of the Northern District of Georgia serves as a reminder that the definitions of settlement classes and released...more

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Wells Fargo Pays OFAC $30 Million to Settle Sanctions Violations (Part I of II)

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In our lifetime (however long or short), there is no way any company will ever match Wells Fargo for its record of misconduct, criminal and civil enforcement, and regulatory fines and penalties.  No one, no way....more

Epstein Becker & Green

FTC Brings Enforcement Action under FTC Act and Health Breach Notification Rule Based on GoodRx’s Use of Advertising Tracking...

On February 1, 2023, the FTC announced a proposed $1.5 million settlement with GoodRx Holdings, based on alleged violations of the Federal Trade Commission Act (“FTC Act”) and Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR”) for...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - January 2023

In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we analyze recent fines against Meta and their impact on the future of behavioral advertising, the timeline for the California Privacy Rights Act’s regulations to become...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Contractor Settles Cybersecurity-Related False Claims Act Suit for $9 million

A seven-year long False Claims Act suit comes to an end after Aerojet Rocketdyne reaches a $9 million settlement agreement for its alleged false certification of compliance with cybersecurity requirements. In the settlement...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Settles Data Breach Class Action for $450,000

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) recently settled a data breach class action for $450,000 stemming from a 2020 data breach that led to the compromise of about 36,000 UPMC patients....more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Buyers Beware: the FTC’s Case Against CafePress Highlights Privacy and Data Security Risks in Corporate Transactions

Last week the Federal Trade Commission announced a privacy and data security enforcement action against the online retail platform CafePress. The allegations in the FTC’s complaint read like a list of worst practices,...more

Polsinelli

When the Feds Find Out! Lack of Data Security Leads to Novel and Hefty Settlements

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The Federal Government continues ramping up enforcement of data security requirements by deploying significant new enforcement theories and tools in support of cyber and data security controls required by federal law....more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 1. Privacy Briefs: January 2022

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 1 (January, 2022) - New Jersey issued its third settlement in three months on state-level health care privacy and security laws, announcing that three cancer care providers would adopt new...more

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