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WHOA! MASSIVE $140 MILLION JUDGMENT AGAINST ASSURANCE IQ: FTC Slams Assurance IQ for Misleading Health Plan Marketing in Violation...

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The FTC announced today a $100 million judgment against Assurance IQ for alleged deceptive practices targeting consumers seeking health insurance. The FTC initiated the complaint, FTC v. Assurance IQ LLC, U.S. District Court,...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (July 15, 2025)

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FTC Sends Warning Letters Regarding Potential Noncompliance With “Made in USA” Requirements. On July 8, the FTC sent letters to a flagpole retailer, footwear maker, football equipment company, and personal care products...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (July 1, 2025)

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New York Legislature Passes FAIR Business Practices Act. On June 18, the New York state legislature passed the Fostering Affordability and Integrity through Reasonable Business Practices Act (FAIR Business Practices Act),...more

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

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FCC Proposes First of its Kind $4.5 Million Penalty on Voice Provider for Alleged Know-Your-Customer Failures

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On February 4, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL) against voice service provider Telnyx LLC (Telnyx) for alleged violations of the...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes : mise à jour de janvier 2025

Bienvenue à l’édition de janvier de l’infolettre Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes, une publication mensuelle des groupes Concurrence et antitrust et Investissement étranger de Blakes. Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Loper Blight: 11th Circuit Vacates FCC Lead Generator “One-to-One” and “Logically/Topically Related” Consent Provisions

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In yet a third setback for the FCC since the Supreme Court’s Loper Bright opinion eliminating Chevron deference, the 11th Circuit last Friday in Insurance Marketing Coalition Limited v. FCC, vacated two TCPA consent...more

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SCOTUS Hears Arguments on Judicial Interpretation of Agency Authority Under the TCPA

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On January 21, 2025, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corporation, et al., a case and decision that may have an outsized impact on the nature of judicial review of...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Blakes Competitive Edge™: January 2025 Update

Welcome to the January issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments in Canadian...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Global Tel Link Fined $3 Million for Alleged Unfair Practices Related to Payment Accounts for Incarcerated Persons

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On November 14, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) filed a significant consent order against Global Tel Link Corporation (GTL), a company that provides communication and financial services to...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Hits Telecom Giant with Fines for Alleged Exploitation of Incarcerated Consumers

On November 14, the CFPB entered into a consent order with a telecommunications company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “company”) for allegedly withdrawing millions of dollars from over half a million consumer...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

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State Attorneys General Jolt Antitrust Enforcement

Over the past year, State Attorneys General have stepped into what they describe as a void of antitrust enforcement at the federal level.  AGs have commenced investigations and brought antitrust actions across industry...more

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FCC adopts proposed $21,691,499 fine of Network Services Solutions for violations of the USF Rural Health Care Program

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In the first major FCC enforcement proceeding involving its Rural Health Care Program, the FCC on November 4, 2016 adopted an NAL for nearly $22 Million against telecommunications reseller Network Services Solutions, which...more

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