On December 19, 2018, the European Commission published its second report on the EU-US Privacy Shield, under which companies can certify adequate compliance with EU privacy standards to be able ...
More companies, large and small, are including arbitration clauses in their consumer agreements, including clauses that seek to bar class arbitration. Such clauses may be easier said than ...
In recent decisions analyzing the plain meaning of the FTC Act, two federal district courts have held that the FTC cannot file suit under § 53(b) of the Act where the alleged misconduct has ...
Businesses who market by text or telemarketing beware. On September 20, 2018, the Ninth Circuit adopted the most radical and expansive definition of what constitute autodialers for purposes of ...
As of August 30, 2018, big changes went into effect for Proposition 65. These changes include new warning obligations for Internet and catalog sellers, a limited “safe harbor” for ...
In the case of Frank v. Gaos, argued before the United States Supreme Court on October 31, 2018, oral argument took an unexpected turn, leading the Justices to direct the parties (and the ...
On June 10, 2019, we discussed an Illinois federal court decision enforcing an online consumer arbitration agreement. There are now decisions from federal courts in New York and California that ...
What happens in Vegas, may now indeed need to stay in Vegas. Although California’s sweeping new privacy law has dominated the headlines, other states are enacting their own, different ...
On June 7, 2019, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled in favor of retailer Wayfair LLC, and its parent company, Wayfair Inc., in a decision that both (1) ...
On February 5, 2019, managing partner Martin Eisenstein presented a Strafford Webinar entitled “New Economic Presence Nexus Standards for Foreign Remote Sellers: Impact of Wayfair Holding on ...
