Consumer Protection Archive » December, 2018

Consumer Protection - December, 2018

217 articles

• 5 Most-Read Legal Industry Guests Of 2018
• SEC's 1st Robo-Adviser Fines Hit Wealthfront, Hedgeable
• EU Sets Feb. 28 Deadline For US To Fill Privacy Shield Job
• Sports Wagering Bill Is A Big Bet On Federal Oversight
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Almond Milk Labeling Suit
• CVS Unit's Doubled $1.3M FCRA Deal 'Odd,' Judge Says
• Trump Fraud Accusers Can Stay Anonymous, Judge Says
• France Slaps Uber With €400K Fine Over 2016 Data Breach
• 3rd Circ. Revives Firm's Fee Claim Against Ex-Atty
• Barr Claimed Rules, Probes 'Grind Companies Into The Dust'
• Witness Collusion Accusations Fly In Airline Price-Fixing Suit
• Starbucks Looks To Dump White Chocolate Energy Drink Spat
• Broadway Theater Wants ADA Suit Over Outside Food Tossed
• The Biggest Privacy & Cybersecurity Stories Of 2018
• What We Heard At The FTC Hearings: Days 15 And 16
• Tropicana Accused Of False Probiotics Claims In NY Suit
• J&J Can't Shake Miss. AG's Suit Alleging Talc Dangers
• DC Sues Facebook Over Cambridge Analytica Data Harvesting
• SEC Opens Door To Forgiving Disqualified Swap Reps.
• US Needs Tougher Tech Antitrust Enforcement, Sens. Hear
• Fiat, BLM Settle Suits Over Jeep-Linked Calif. Wildfire
• 18 Firms Ask 9th Circ. For Cut Of $175M Fees In VW MDL
• Vullo To Depart As NY's Top Banking Regulator
• 'Synthetic Identity Theft' Cooperator Gets Sentencing Date
• Beveridge & Diamond Snags Justice Dept.'s Lead VW Litigator
• Kraninger Puts Brakes On Mulvaney's CFPB Name Change
• MetLife Will Pay Pension Benefits, $1M Fine After Mass. Probe
• Smart Toys Under The Tree Raise Privacy Concerns
• Yogurt-Hating Judge Won't Block Chobani Over Sugar Claim
• Facebook Row Fair Game For Ill. Privacy Law, 9th Circ. Told
• EpiPen MDL Gets Special Master To Deal With Disputed Docs
• Kraft Gets 'All Natural' Sour Cream False Ad Suit Tossed
• Where 5 Top MDLs Stand At The End Of 2018
• Twitter Apologizes For Security Flaw That Exposed User Data
• Sen. Warren Wants HHS To Make, Sell Generic Drugs
• Expedia Overcharges Tax On Hotel Bookings, Suit Says
• Attys Want $2.7M Fee In TurboTax Refund Fraud Deal
• Class Objector Loses Bid To Unseal Target's Supplement Deal
• Uber Gets Partial Win In Wheelchair Discrimination Suit
• Jury Clears Ramen Noodle Makers In Antitrust Suit
• Navient Can't Dodge Pa. AG's Student Loan Suit
• NJ Car Dealer Can't Force Arbitration Of 'Hidden Fee' Suit
• Deloitte, Sidley Austin Want Investors' Ponzi Suit Tossed
• $2.4M Settlement Reached In J&J 'Natural' Baby Wash Suit
• Buyers Sue Over Trader Joe's Sugar-Sweetened Honey Cereal
• The Moments That Mattered Most For Legal Ethics In 2018
• Charter To Pay $174M Settlement In NY AG's Net Speed Suit
• Both Sides In Insys Case Violated Media Rules, Judge Says
• The Year #MeToo Rocked In-House Law Departments
• Facebook Data Suit Paused To Allow Chancery Records Trial
• Quest Can't Ditch TCPA Suit Over Debt Collection Call
• Schwab Can't Ditch ERISA Duty Claims, Participants Say
• Starion Loses Bid To Bar Mass. AG's $30M Fund Attachment
• Kia, Hyundai Defect Causes Cars To 'Erupt In Flames': Suit
• SEC Fines Santander Unit $1.5M Over Auto Loan Accounting
• Unilever Wins Suit Over Safety Of St. Ives Face Scrub
• State AGs Can Lead The Fight For Online Privacy Protection
• Russell, Spalding Neverflat Buyer Spar Over Ball Quality Suit
• Faxes Requesting Top Doctors' Details Aren't Ads, FCC Told
• Consumers Slam Challenge To Cert. In Tribe-Linked Loan Suit
• VW Faulty-Engine Deal Gets Final OK, Attys Get $8.5M Fees
• Coming Soon: FDA Over-The-Counter Drug Approval Overhaul
• Ripe For High Court: Article III Standing In Data Breach Cases
• Judging A Book: Mills Reviews 'Mississippi's Federal Courts'
• TCPA Suit Over Hotel Booking Text Messages Tossed
• Tech Cos. Should Heed Same Privacy Rules As Attys: Sens.
• Feds Fight To Keep Insys Grand Jury Instructions Secret
• EpiPen MDL Attys Scolded For 'Mindless Bickering'
• House Dems Press For CFPB Military Lending Oversight
• Facebook Says Bug Exposed 6.8M Users' Private Photos
• $4.9M State Street Settlement Gets Initial OK From Judge
• NY AG Settles Cases With Equifax, Others Over App Security
• Sanofi Fires Back Against Mylan In Its Bid To Exit EpiPen MDL
• Edelson Looking For Bandas Misconduct In Firms' Docs
• Door Makers Hit With Another Price-Fixing Suit
• The 6 Biggest Law Firm Mergers Of 2018
• Auto Groups Side With VW In 9th Circ. Emissions Dispute
• The Latest On Article III Standing In False Ad Class Actions
• The Subtle Art Of Fred Fielding
• $250M State Farm Deal OK'd Amid Objector's Threat To Appeal
• Allstate Underpaid Auto Crash Injury Benefits, Suit Says
• Nissan 'Breached No Warranty,' Wants Floorboard Suit Nixed
• 'Contradictory' Collection Letter Class Certified In NJ
• Consumers Win Cert. In Cruise Co. TCPA Suit
• 6 Things That Rocked The Legal Industry In 2018
• What We Heard At The FTC Hearings: Day 14
• FDA Nixes Proposed Rule On Generic-Drug Warning Labels
• 'Put Up Or Shut Up' In Fraud Suit, Fiat Chrysler Tells Investors
• Ford Transmission Case Belongs In Federal Court: 9th Circ.
• 5 Of 6 NECC Defendants Guilty In Latest Trial
• Pa. Man Admits to Conspiring to Collect Bogus SEC Fees
• Centerplate Customer Takes 2nd Swing At Receipt Privacy Suit
• DOJ Enforcer Denies Politics Played Into AT&T, Warner Case
• VW Banks On Federal Shield To Beat States' Emissions Suits
• 'SuperStarch' Maker Settles Suit Over Performance Claims
• FDA Boss Vows Crackdown On Stem Cell, Supplement Cos.
• 1-800 Contacts Asks FTC To Stay Ruling Axing Ad Compacts
• Pa. Law Firm Hit With Debt Collection Suit By Consumers
• Charter Looks To Nix TCPA Suit Over Unwanted Calls
• FanDuel's Hidden Arbitration Pact Preserves MDL, Users Say
• Google Tracking Class Actions Consolidated In Calif.
• Fla. Hotel Escapes ADA Suit After Disabled Woman Pulls Out
• Industry Groups Hail Move For Reassigned Numbers Database
• 10 Tips For Law Firms To Drive Revenue Via Sports Tickets
• Inside Key ABA Guidance On Attorneys' Cybersecurity Duties
• Which Class Action Question Will Justices Decide?
• Consumer Allies Blast CFPB's Proposed No-Action Overhaul
• Fiat Presses Supreme Court To Undo Car-Hacking Cert. Order
• Mass. Says Starion Filed Ch. 11 To Evade Regulatory Action
• Judge Knocks Cambridge Analytica Exec's Ch. 7 Escape Bid
• VW Slams Bondholder's Bid To Redo Emissions Fraud Suit
• General Mills Escapes Suit Over Trans Fat Use
• AGs Ask SSA To Set Up ID Theft Prevention Database, Fast
• 'Whole Grain' Cheez-It Label Suit Sent Back To Fed. Court
• Google CEO Defends Practices Amid Tracking, Bias Concerns
• Pa. Judge Won't Stay Derivative UHS Overbilling Claims
• Fla. Man Ordered To Pay Gov't $23M Over Debt-Relief Scam
• Most Claims Stick In ConAgra Cooking Spray Label Suit
• Delta Flies Away From $1M 'Wrongful Detention' Suit
• Opening Comments: A Key Strategic Decision In Mediation
• State Farm Deal Objector Slams Conduct Of Class Counsel
• Google Admits New Bug Exposed Info For 52.5 Million Users
• House Committee Slams Equifax Over 'Preventable' Breach
• Sweet Ending For Chocolatier As Box-Size Suit Is Tossed
• Australian Watchdog Calls For Digital Platform Regulation
• Justices Flush Kimberly-Clark's Appeal In Wipes Case
• Credit Union Faces Customer Suit Over Overdraft Fees
• Ga. Man To Admit Role In $2M Lotto Scam Targeting Elderly
• Proposed FDA Drug Software Rules Strict On Pharma Cos.
• Drivers Fight To Save VW Faulty-Engine Deal Amid Objections
• Kellogg's Breakfast Bars Contain Pesticide, Buyers Say
• Don't Overlook Canada's New Data Breach Notification Rules
• More State Issues The Blue Wave May Shape In 2019
• Attys Get $503M In Fees For Syngenta GMO Corn Settlement
• Thrift Preemption No Help For Chase In Calif. Suit: Judge
• Student Loan Co. CEO Arrested On Charges Of $28M Fraud
• VW Tells 9th Circ. Counties' Emissions Claims Preempted
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Hear Appeal Of $300M Fees In Forex Deal
• Facebook Health Site Tracking Legal, 9th Circ. Says
• Georgetown Tech Hub Hires Ex-FTC Commish, Covington Atty
• CFPB Settles With State Farm Over Credit Reporting Errors
• NJ Justices To Review $6.3M Jury Award For Kia Brake Class
• Marriott Database Still Vulnerable To Hackers, Suit Claims
• Calif. Privacy Act Will Increase Data Breach Liability
• Bulk Of TD Bank Investors' Fraud Claims Survive Bid To Toss
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive Containerboard Price-Fixing Claims
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Morgan Lewis' J. Kyle Poe
• A Look Back At Mulvaney's CFPB, And What's Ahead In 2019
• Detox Chain Ginned Up Biz With Spam Texts, Suit Says
• Lack Of Actual Data Breach Sinks Mercy Health Security Row
• After Year With Mulvaney, CFPB Enters Kraninger Era
• Target Inks $7.4M Deal Over Calif. Waste Disposal Claims
• Investor Attys In Santander Accounting Row Deal Seek $3.2M
• Builder Stuck With Trimmed Fraud Suit Over Illinois Homes
• Virginia AG Joins Colleagues In Group Fighting Robocalls
• Ohlhausen Pulls Bench Nomination To Join Baker Botts
• Gov't Presses Judge To Force Insys Founder To Produce Docs
• Injured Man Must Repay Litigation Funder, NY Court Says
• Dallas Gas Station Co., Texas AG Settle Price Gouging Row
• Consumers Get $73M In Latest Auto Parts MDL Settlement
• Senate Approves Trump's CFPB Pick, Despite Critics
• Hyundai Drivers Seek Class Cert. In Sonata Brake Defect Suit
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Ogletree's Evan Moses
• Potential Impact Of New FDA Nutrition Label Requirements
• Rams Fans Ink Deal Worth Up To $24M Over Move To LA
• Feds Must Show Equifax Insider 'Used' Breach Info To Trade
• Facebook Cherry-Picked Special Access To Data, Docs Show
• Don't Water Down Calif. Privacy Law, Lawmakers Told
• Ex-CFPB Student Loan Official Fights Navient Subpoena
• Cambridge Analytica Exec's Bid To Avoid Ch. 7 Slammed
• Woman Takes France Terror Attack Claims To 9th Circ.
• FCC Smartly Deregulated Copper Networks, 9th Circ. Told
• Valero Wins Bid To Decertify Gas Buyers In Pricing Suit
• What The FTC Said About Direct Selling In 2018
• Zales Didn't Honor Jewelry Repair Plans, Consumers Say
• Arbitration In Bankruptcy Isn't Dead After Anderson
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Kilpatrick Townsend's Kate Gaudry
• The Issues Framing NIST's Privacy Framework
• States Launch First Coordinated HIPAA Suit Over Data Breach
• Volkswagen Gets Win In Minn. Emissions State Suit
• Objector Atty Targeted With RICO Suit Says Edelson Set Trap
• FTC Reconsiders Rules Governing Identity Theft Detection
• Debt Collector Can't Head Off Class Cert. In Student Loan Suit
• Cellphone Users Get Cert. In Pizza Hut TCPA Suit
• Navient Says Student Loan Forgiveness Suit Is Preempted
• Chicken Farm Can't Avoid Groups' Suit Over '100% Natural' Ad
• 11th Circ. Revives Suit Over Protein Powder Labels
• AOL Successor Pays NY $4.95M In Largest-Ever COPPA Deal
• Alleged HIPAA Lapses Spark $500K Deal With Fla. Doc Group
• 6 NECC Workers Had Role In Drug Fraud, Feds Say In Closing
• Met Opera Wants Out Of ADA Suit Over Outside-Food Rules
• Nissan Drivers Seek Class Cert. In Engine Defect Suit
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Littler's Scott Forman
• Shook Hardy Kicked Off Monster Energy False-Ad Suit
• Antitrust Risk In Agreements Restricting Online Advertising
• Marriott Hack Shows Risks Of Lax Cyber Diligence In Mergers
• Attys Score $20M From $61M Dish TCPA Verdict
• Atty Fighting Sanctions Says Lies Ignored In Insys Case
• Marriott Hit With Multiple Suits After Massive Data Breach
• Google Says Users Lack Standing In High Court Privacy Row
• Mass. Power Retailer Asks For $6M In Ch. 11 Financing
• FCC Blocks Release Of Net Neutrality Comment Log Info
• CSC Holdings Can't Put A Stop To Customer's TCPA Suit
• 9th Circ. Upholds $1.3B Award Over Payday Loan Scheme
• Ramen Noodle Buyers Seek Sanctions In Price-Fixing Trial
• VW Slams Investors' Antitrust Stock-Drop Suit
• Walmart, 3 Pharma Cos. Sued Over Tainted Combo Drug
• 2nd Circ. Says Olive Oil Co.'s Truffle Scent Didn't Dupe Buyers
• TD Bank Soaks US Customers With Multiple Fees, Suit Says
• EpiPen Maker Slams Sanofi's Bid To Exit Antitrust MDL
• Judging A Book: Ginsburg Reviews 'The Curse Of Bigness'
• Borrowers Seek Cert. In $18.4M Tribal Lender Suit
• 5 Things You Should Know About New Rule 23 Amendments
• Data-Driven Lawyer: DLA Piper's Eric Falkenberry
• VW Defeats Drivers' Bid To Revive Suspension Defect Claims
• Money Transmitters Face Ambiguity In State, Federal Law
• The Data-Driven Lawyers Of 2018