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Consumer Protection - November, 2014
246 articles
- Uber Loses Fight To Stay Open In Nev. During Licensing Case
- State Farm's $310M Texas Rate Fight Sent Back To Regulator
- Uber CEO, Execs Must Fork Over Emails In Tip Class Action
- Urban Outfitters Seeks Revival Of Hanover Coverage Suit
- Staffing Cos. Sued Over No-Notice Background Check Firings
- Group Challenges NIST Refusal To Release COPPA Grant Info
- Verizon Privacy Fixes Show How To Avoid The FTC's Wrath
- Judge Nixes False-Labeling Suit Over Merck Sunscreens
- Mercedes Buyers Seek Liability Ruling In Engine Defect Suit
- Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Bradley Arant's Hope Cannon
- GM Must Submit Ex-CEO's Performance Review In Defect Case
- Spyware App Creator Sentenced In Groundbreaking Va. Case
- EU Regulators Push Google To Scrub Links From All Domains
- State Law Negligence Claims May Be Coming Under HIPAA
- Ascertainability Challenge Is Viable Weapon For Defense
- Grocers Say FDA Menu Label Rules Overreach
- EU Agency Warns Cos. Of Weak Web Encryption Protocols
- Squire Patton Boggs Fights DQ In Corn Syrup False-Ad Brawl
- State AGs Urge FTC To Strengthen Telemarketing Sales Rule
- Symantec Fires Back In Target Data-Breach Subpoena Fight
- Sony Settles FTC Suit Over Deceptive PlayStation Vita Ads
- Novartis' Painkiller Pricing Strategy Deemed Legal
- TGI Friday's Hit With Class Suit Over Hidden Drink Prices
- Remembering Doar: Justice As A 4-Letter Word
- FDA Releases Long-Awaited Menu Labeling Rules
- Fla. Class Action Case Law Aligns With Comcast Ruling
- The CFPB's Uncivil Civil Investigative Demands
- Walgreen Case Opens Door For State Law HIPAA Claims
- Judge Raises Questions About Redefined J-M Pipe Class
- T-Mobile To Disclose Actual Data Speeds In Deal With FTC
- Hinshaw Atty Fights Sanctions Bid In Geico, Bell TCPA Suit
- 3 Black Friday Worries For Retailers
- 3rd Circ. Asked To Reconsider Drink Price Class Action
- Hospital Settles With Mass. AG Over Unencrypted Data Theft
- Synovus Bank Paying $3.9M To Exit Overdraft Fee Litigation
- 6th Circ. Says Court Has Authority To Shutter Tax Prep Biz
- BMW Cruises Out Of Class Action Over Mini Cooper Defects
- Watchdogs Get Site Shut Down Over 70K Hacked Webcams
- Classes Get Tentative OK In ConAgra 'Natural' Oil Actions
- EBay Must Turn Over Texts In Fla. Spamming Suit
- J&J Unit's Junk Faxes Are Ads, Not Info, Plaintiffs Say
- CFPB Developing Debt Collection Consumer Survey
- Banking Industry Will Find Friends In Coming Congress
- 'Tis The Season … For Data Breaches And Data Analytics
- Private Copyright Cop Sued For Bogus DMCA Subpoenas
- Burger King Serves Up $8.5M To Settle Junk Fax Class Action
- Calif. Court Takes On Jurisdiction Dispute In Plavix Suit
- Judge Won't Revive TCPA Suit Against Crunch Gym
- GM Wants To Limit Discovery In Defect Cover-Up Suit
- FTC Rejects Latest Bid To Expand COPPA Consent Options
- 3rd Circ. Mulls Yahoo Text Service In TCPA Class Action
- Supplement Co. Nutronics Can't Dodge False-Ad Class Action
- Target Continues Push To Nix Consumer Data Breach Suits
- Differentiate Your Litigation Practice With Data Security
- Checking In On The CFPB: Part 3
- Tiversa Can't Attack Future Witness In LabMD Fight With FTC
- Class Counsel In $40M HSBC Suit Say 7th Circ. Backs Fee Bid
- CFPB Proposes Tighter Mortgage Servicing Regulations
- Uber Bringing In Hogan Lovells Attys To Calm Privacy Fears
- United Healthcare Dodges Chiropractor's TCPA Suit
- Cordray Warns Banks Real-Time Payments Need Safeguards
- Plaintiffs Want TCPA Class Action Against Gym Chain Revived
- Lender Tied To Houston Pol Targets Consumer Protection Law
- Ariz. Launches $3B Suit Against GM Over Safety Defects
- NY High Court To Mull NYC Bid To Limit Atty Debt Collection
- Checking In On The CFPB: Part 2
- The Print Room: How To Spend Less And Get More
- Honda Repair Deal OK'd In Faulty Side Air Bag Class Action
- Wyndham, FTC Data Security Row Heads To Mediation
- 7th Circ. Slams 'Selfish' $6.5M Deal In Supplement Suit
- Enterprise, Vanguard Seek OK For $18.9M Airport Fee Deal
- USPS Reporting Delay Thwarted Bigger Breach, Congress Told
- DC Circ. Urged To Revive Challenges To Dodd-Frank, CFPB
- 4 Lessons For Health Providers From Walgreen Privacy Ruling
- Fla., FTC Shut Down Multimillion-Dollar Tech Support Scams
- NY Lawyer Gets 9 Years For $2M Debt Relief Scam
- Staples Unsure If Customer Data Compromised In Breach
- CFPB Hits Ariz. Auto Dealer With $8M Debt Collection Fine
- Sephora Sued For Deactivating Asian Customers' Accounts
- Frontier Can't Escape TCPA Suit With Settlement Offer
- Dems Hammer Watt Over FHFA Consumer Relief Policies
- Checking In On The CFPB: Part 1
- FTC Says Credit Monitor Will Pay $22M For Duping Customers
- Video Privacy Protection Act Could Be The New TCPA
- General Mills Settles Suits Over 'Natural' Granola Bar Labels
- 9th Circ. Should Halt Verizon Call Recording, Class Argues
- Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 78 Firms
- Fidelity's $6.25M False-Ad Class Deal Gets Green Light
- Senate Dems Press DOJ For Info On Cellphone Program
- Consumer Groups Urge USDA To Finalize Meat Labeling Rule
- Lawmakers Want BofA, Others To Reveal Data Breaches
- AT&T Asks 11th Circ. For Clarity On Warrantless Cell Tracking
- FTC Settles 'Made In USA' Labeling Oversight Claims
- Papa John's Opposes Class Certification In Delivery Tax Row
- Home Depot Says 2014 Data Breach Expenses Will Hit $34M
- Hinshaw Atty Threatened With Sanctions In Geico TCPA Suit
- Judge Axes Claims In BofA Mortgage Fee Class Action
- Target Plaintiffs Want Symantec Subpoena Feud Sent To Minn.
- Southwest Fliers Tell 7th Circ. They Didn't Settle For Coupons
- Debt Collectors Posed As 'Warrant Squad,' Feds Say
- Dewey Partner Clawback Ruling May Hurt New York Law Firms
- Key Tools For Monitoring Vendor Data Security
- Anti-Foreclosure Efforts Could Get Boost In High Court Cases
- Westlaw Password Breach Compromises Personal Data
- Privacy Seal Co. Settles With FTC Over Deceptive Claims
- Interline, Craftwood Reach $40M Deal In TCPA Class Action
- CHS Attacks 'Shotgun Pleading' In Data Breach Suit
- Nordstrom Wants False Outlet Pricing Suit Tossed
- Edelson Wants Husch Sanctioned For Spoliation Claims
- AT&T Ends 'Supercookie' Tracking Program After Backlash
- Calif. 'Made In USA' Law Leaves Retailers In Bind
- Hain Celestial Buyers Win Class Cert. On 'Organic' Labels
- Williams-Sonoma Latest To Be Sued By Blind Customers
- Proposed Prepaid Rule Unlikely To Stem Growth
- Steakhouse Chain Co. Can't Skirt Customer's FACTA Suit
- Blocking CAFA Remand: Lessons From A Prevailing Defendant
- 3rd-Party Liability Standards Stretched Under TCPA
- NLRB Charge Expands Data Breach Duties For Unionized Cos.
- European Commission To Probe Sweden Data Retention Policy
- GM To Submit Certain Privileged Ignition Switch Docs
- Deutsche Bank Escapes Proposed Libor Class Action
- Coke Faces Class Action Over Juice's Brain-Support Claims
- FTC, Fla. AG Win $23M Judgment Against Robocallers
- Ikea Says ZIP Code Class Claims Must Be Tossed
- Fed. Watchdogs Launch Probes Into Operation Choke Point
- Whole Foods Tries To 'Pick Off' Homeopathy Class Action
- LinkedIn Can't Claim Immunity In Email Harvesting Brawl
- Bud Light Lime-A-Rita Not So Light, False Ad Suit Says
- FSB Chief Says Regulatory Reform Work Largely Done
- Facebook Heightens User Location Data Use, Ad Controls
- CFPB, Calif. Mortgage Co. Settle Row Over Illegal Bonuses
- What's In A Name? When 'Just Mayo' Isn't 'Mayonnaise'
- Canadian Watchdog Outlines How To Comply With Spam Law
- Bitcoin May Face New Limits Under CFPB Prepaid Card Regs
- Revlon, P&G Unscented Deodorants Fail Smell Test, Suit Says
- Automakers Commit To Protecting Car-Collected Data
- NJ Gov. Seeks Changes To Reader Privacy Bill
- Uber Can Operate In Pa. But Not Philly, Regulator Says
- GOP Hopefuls Come Out Swinging On Net Neutrality
- FTC Closes Probe Into Verizon's Internet Router Security
- Privacy Groups Back FTC In Wyndham Data Security Row
- WTO Losses Will Doom Meat-Labeling Law, Ex-USTR Says
- Camry Owner Sues Toyota Over Melting Dashboard In SC
- CFPB Proposes Tightening Prepaid Card Regs
- Apple Bug Apparently Allows Trusted Apps To Be Overtaken
- Class Suspicious Of ConAgra's Late Docs In False-Ad Suit
- Judge Pares Class Action Over Costco's Kirkland Food Line
- Whole Foods Sued For Underreporting Yogurt Sugar Content
- Panel To Probe Dickstein Shapiro's Wooing Of AG
- Judge 'Skeptical' On Class Cert. In Sega Game False Ad Suit
- Banks Want More Time To Disclose Mortgage Fee Changes
- FTC Wins Injunctions Requiring Debt Broker Notifications
- Southwest Charges For Phony Boarding Upgrades, Suit Says
- Google Backs Privacy Suits Against US By EU Citizens
- Calif. Judge Pares Apple iMessage Class Action
- 7th Circ. Weighs Rooker-Feldman Doctrine In FDCPA Case
- GOP Calls Obama's Net Neutrality Plan 'Beyond Scope' Of FCC
- TCPA Risks Increase For The Financial Services Industry
- Conn. Ruling Expands HIPAA Liability For Medical Providers
- FCC Wants Input On Bid To Exempt Breach Alerts From TCPA
- Biz Travelers Vulnerable To 'Darkhotel' Malware, Report Finds
- High Court Stays Out Of Debt Collection Practices Dispute
- 2 Cos. Fined $1.5M For Claims About Caffeinated Underwear
- GM Asked Supplier For 'Urgent' Ignition Switch Order In 2013
- Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Perry Weitz
- Home Depot, Rust-Oleum Sued Over Defective Deck Coating
- Sirius Can't Arbitrate TCPA Suit, 9th Circ. Says
- Whole Foods Sued Over 'Non-GMO' Almond Milk Labels
- Allianz To Pay $251M To Settle Annuities Racketeering Rows
- Unilever Seeks Preliminary Injunction In Mayonnaise Ad Row
- Snack Co.'s Pretzel Crisps Aren't 'All Natural,' Suit Says
- USPS Cyberattack Compromises Employee Data
- High Court Rejects Fannie Appeal In Utah Foreclosure Row
- BMW Overstated Mini Cooper Fuel Economy, Suit Says
- Obama Urges FCC To Protect Net Neutrality
- Cyberattack Reimbursement Doesn't Require Insurer Consent
- Wal-Mart Accused Of Selling Bogus Cellphone Insurance
- High Court To Settle Rift On Service Deadline Extensions
- Texas Court Boots $1B Entergy Theft Claims Over Jurisdiction
- FCC Junk Fax Ruling Signals Agency's Flexibility On TCPA
- Class In Smucker 'All Natural' Suit Guns For Cert.
- Class Wins Partial Cert. In Flu Remedy Labeling Suit
- Judge Nixes Fee Dispute In Four Seasons Fraud Case
- Attys Tend To 'Buy Themselves Off' In Class Deals, Judge Says
- 9th Circ. Delivers Partial Win For Baby Gender Prediction Co.
- Target Pulls In GM Compliance Chief To Helm Data Security
- Uber Drivers Secure Training, Firing Docs In Tipping Suit
- 3rd Circ. Rejects Applebee's, IHOP Drink Price Class Action
- Takeaways From NIST Workshop On Cybersecurity Framework
- Gateway Cuts Deal With Defective Monitor Class In Calif.
- FTC Asks 3rd Circ. To Allow Wyndham Data Security Suit
- Probiotic False Ad Class Action Against Bayer Survives
- Battle Of The Experts Brewing In Starbucks Trial
- Dating Sites To Pay $16.5M For Sharing Users' STD Info
- Damages Class Decertified In Dole 'All Natural Fruit' Suit
- Nature Made Supplement Buyers Near Cert. In False Ad Suit
- Retail, Restaurant Groups Push For Breach Notification Law
- Home Depot Hackers Accessed 53M Email Addresses
- College Group Sues Feds Over 'Gainful Employment' Rule
- HIPAA Doesn't Preempt Negligence Claims: Conn. High Court
- AT&T Chief Personally Urges Wheeler To Nix Reclassification
- Hain Celestial Buyers Seek Class Cert. On 'Organic' Claims
- Kay Jewelers Hit With ADA Suit Over Blind POS Access
- UK Rental Co.'s Data Breach Prompts Warning By Watchdog
- BSH Home Appliances To Settle Moldy Washer Class Action
- Dodd-Frank Securitization Rule Is A Win For Banks
- Greenberg Adds Bingham IP, Privacy Pro To Calif. Office
- What FCC Junk Fax Order Means For TCPA Issues
- GM Says Bankruptcy Bars Defect Claims Over Resale Value
- CFPB Taking Privacy Cue From FTC, Official Says
- GMO Labeling Proposals Rejected But Debate Rages On
- GM Offers Gift Cards To Encourage Ignition Repairs By Jan. 1
- 'Cane Juice' Labeling Suit Halted For FDA Guidance
- FTC Official Sees No Turf War With FCC On Data Security
- Bosch Can't Escape Spark Plug False Advertising Suit
- Dress Barn Accused Of Handicap-Inaccessible Fitting Rooms
- How Senate Without Filibuster-Proof Majority Avoids Gridlock
- Starbucks Slammed By Class For Piecemeal ADA Compliance
- Calif. Anti-Spam Rulings Are Big Wins For Email Marketers
- Twitter Looks To Sink User's $5M TCPA Suit
- Mum's The Word On Fla.'s Muddled Commonality Standard
- Winning 2nd Term, Calif. AG To Lead On Privacy, Environment
- GOP Win Boosts Prospects For Stalled Data Security Efforts
- Republican Win Opens Door To Dodd-Frank Rewrites
- With GOP Win, Small Banks Can Expect Dodd-Frank Fixes
- Verizon, AT&T 'Supercookie' Tracking Draws Calls For Probes
- J&J Wins Dismissal Of Listerine False Labeling Suit
- Background Check Company Settles Class Actions For $3.2M
- Justices' Questioning In Jesinoski May Be Cause For Concern
- Justices Hammer BofA Over Mortgage Rescission In TILA Case
- Foley & Lardner Lures Back CVS Asst. GC For Health Team
- Faulty Apple MacBooks Become 'Useless,' Suit Says
- Netherlands To Hand Russian Cyberthief Suspect To US
- Houghton Mifflin Wants Junk Fax Suit Sent To Arbitration
- Samsung Wins Arbitration In Smartphone Battery Class Action
- Gerber Hit With Suit Over Anti-Allergy Formula Claims
- Regulators Want Banks To Improve Cyberthreat Sharing
- Hertz Must Pay $53M In Class Action Over Nev. Airport Fees
- High Court Could Make It Easier To Escape Mortgages
- FTC Sues Debt Broker For Exposing Consumer Info
- Tiversa Attacks LabMD Witness' Claims In Data Security Row
- Class Action Litigation Trends Post-Italian Colors
- Symantec Bashes 'Misguided' Subpoena In Target Breach Suit
- Judge Calls Time-Out To Handle Wyndham-FTC Discovery Row
- DC Circ. Shuts Down Meat Producers' Appeal In Labeling Row
- Starter Interrupters Expose Lenders To SCRA Risks