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Payments Docket – December 2024

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The latest edition of the Payments Docket, our roundup of key litigation and enforcement involving the payments industry, features why the CFPB’s open banking rule is under fire, a convenience fee that steals your lunch...more

Mayer Brown

UK Supreme Court Grants Permission to Appeal Landmark Case on Motor Finance Commission Payments and Disclosure Thresholds

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Last week the Supreme Court granted permission to appeal the Court of Appeal's decision in a case examining the permissibility of motor finance commission payments, which challenged traditional legal thinking relating to...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FCC’s One-To-One Consent Rule Takes Effect in January

For those who send marketing texts, keep in mind the FCC one-to-one consent rule update. It has been getting some publicity, and takes effect January 27, 2025. As most are aware, TCPA requires getting consent before sending...more

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Sixth Circuit vacates certification of ten statewide classes against Nissan based on district court’s failure to ascertain common...

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Takeaway: The Sixth Circuit recently emphasized how demanding Rule 23’s commonality requirement can be. In In re Nissan North America, Inc. Litigation, --- F.4th ----, No. 23-5950, 2024 WL 4864339 (6th Cir. Nov. 22, 2024),...more

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Out With the Old and In With the New - The Data (Use and Access) Bill

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On 23 October 2024, the Data (Use and Access) Bill (the “DUAB”) was introduced to Parliament. The DUAB is the Labour government’s answer to the perceived shortfalls of the since-abandoned Data Protection and Digital...more

Clark Hill PLC

FTC Issues Final Rule on Junk Fees

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On Dec. 17, the Federal Trade Commission issued its final rule on junk fees entitled “Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees” which will become effective 120 days after publication in the Federal Register. This rulemaking process...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FTC Keeps Sights on Data Brokers that Sell Sensitive Location Sites

The Federal Trade Commission recently settled complaints against two data brokers over their handling of consumers’ sensitive location information. The agency alleged that such practices constitute unfair practices. Under the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Colorado Amends its Consumer Privacy Rights Act

Earlier this month, after the conclusion of the public comment period, the Colorado Department of Law adopted amendments to the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), which grants rights to Colorado consumers concerning their personal...more

McDermott Will & Emery

AI and the Law: Emerging Trends in Enforcement

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Deemed the Fourth Industrial Revolution, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as the newest watershed technological development of the 21st century, as evidenced by its near ubiquity in discussions of everything from how...more

BakerHostetler

Year-End Review - Data Privacy Insights To Take into 2025

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In 2024, our team at BakerHostetler worked with hundreds of clients on a wide range of challenging privacy and data protection compliance issues. As the year ends, we are once again highlighting some key areas that warrant...more

DLA Piper

Industrials Regulatory News and Trends - December 2024 #2

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California amends Prop 65 short-form warnings. California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has announced long-expected new amendments to its Prop 65 short-form warning requirements. ...more

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Commercial Property Owners, Brokers and Property Managers Beware: California’s Commercial Tenant Protection Act Goes Into Effect...

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California law has long treated commercial and residential tenancies differently. Consumer protection-focused regulations enacted to protect residential tenants were legally considered inapplicable to business tenants which...more

Clark Hill PLC

Right To Know - December 2024, Vol. 24

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Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

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Navigating the New CFPB Overdraft Rule: Implications for Financial Institutions

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently finalized its “Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions Rule,” introducing sweeping changes to how overdraft credit is structured and regulated for the...more

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Privacy Blizzard Expected in January as Five State Laws Take Effect

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Around the country, the weather is turning wintery, but in the privacy arena, there will be a blizzard as five state comprehensive privacy laws become effective. Here is an overview of businesses needing to prepare....more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Trucking Marketing Communications are Subject to Various Regulations!

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On February 28, 2024, Motive Technologies Inc., formerly known as Keep Truckin (“Defendant”), was sued in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California for allegedly delivering prerecorded...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

TCPA Tracker for October - November 2024

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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear TCPA Case - On October 4, 2024, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari and agreed to hear arguments in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. Mckesson Corp. In doing so, the...more

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NAD Addresses Influencer Disclosures in Challenge Between Competitors

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This week, NAD announced a decision in a dispute between Mielle Organics and Kreyol Essence – two competitors in the beauty and personal care market – that focused on whether an influencer had clearly disclosed her...more

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Ready, Set, Sell: How New Jersey’s New Real Estate Law is Shaking Up the Market

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As New Jersey residents prepare for the long winter ahead, many eager homeowners have already begun the planning process to put their homes on the market in anticipation of a traditionally busy spring season....more

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FDA Updates ​“Healthy” Nutrient Content Claim for Food

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FDA issued a final rule today updating the requirements food must meet to be marketed as ​“healthy.” FDA says that a ​“healthy” claim ​“implies that the nutrient content of the food may help consumers maintain healthy dietary...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB Eyes More Oversight of Major Consumer Payment Nonbanks

The CFPB adopted a final rule providing for increased oversight of certain companies offering consumer payment products like mobile apps and digital wallets. Continuing to lean into its plans to expand its authority to...more

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Colorado AG Finalizes New Rules for CPA

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On December 5, the Colorado AG’s Department of Law (“Department”) completed its most recent round of rulemaking and adopted a new set of rule amendments for the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”). On December 17, the adopted rules...more

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California Updates Proposition 65’s Short-Form Safe Harbor Warnings

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The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment recently approved an amendment to the so-called “short-form” safe harbor warnings under the state’s Proposition 65 law. The changes will alter the regulations...more

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One-to-One Consent Rule Oral Argument Goes Well For Industry

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The Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) one-to-one consent rule is set to take effect next month. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit heard oral argument this week over a challenge to the...more

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Illinois AG’s and FTC’s Settlement Takes a $25 Million Bite Out of Grubhub

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Illinois AG Kwame Raoul and the FTC have settled with Grubhub Inc. and Grubhub Holdings Inc. (collectively, “Grubhub”) to resolve allegations that it engaged in deceptive business practices that harmed customers, food...more

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