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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

New York’s FAIR Act Set to Expand Consumer Protection

The New York State Legislature recently passed the Fostering Affordability and Integrity through Reasonable Business Practices Act (“FAIR Act”), a sweeping update to New York’s consumer fraud statute (GBL § 349)—the first in...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

New York’s FAIR Business Practices Act—Another State Consumer Protection Domino?

Months after the CFPB—under departing chair Rohit Chopra—released a playbook encouraging states to toughen their consumer protection laws and enforcement, New York has responded, passing the Fostering Affordability and...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Florida Closes the Door on “Quiet Hour” Email Claims Under the FCCPA

Over the past few years, we’ve seen a wave of consumer lawsuits filed under Florida’s Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA), many of them alleging violations of the law’s “quiet hours” provision based solely on the timing...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

DeSantis signs bill allowing debt collection emails between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed legislation making it clear that debt collection emails sent between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. do not violate Florida law....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Landscape of GIPA Litigation in Illinois

Class action litigation has exploded in cases involving violations of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”). Less known and litigated is Illinois’s Genetic Information Privacy Act (“GIPA”) – enacted in...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Update on the West Virginia Legislature: Halfway Point - Issue 6

We are now just over halfway through the legislative session. By Friday, February 8, the 31st day of the 60 day regular session of the West Virginia Legislature, the House of Delegates had introduced 944 bills, while the...more

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