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States Follow FTC Auto Renewal Settlement with a New $2.3 Million Settlement
In 2017, the FTC announced that Adore Me, an online lingerie company, had agreed to return more than $1.3 million to customers who enrolled in a negative-option membership program offering discounts and other benefits.…
State AGs and Consumer Protection: What We Learned from . . . Connecticut Part II
Our State AG webinar series continued with Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and Chief of the Privacy Consumer Protection Section Michele Lucan. In Part I, we discussed Connecticut’s rollout of their new…
Update on INFORM Consumers Act (and Reminder About Our June 21 Webinar)
In May, we published a blogpost about the INFORM Consumers Act and its upcoming (now imminent) effective date of June 27, 2023. As that date grows closer, online marketplaces and sellers can learn all about the law by…
Jones v. Google reminds us that private rights of action could come from anywhere
As most privacy watchers know, one of the hot-button issues in the ongoing debate over federal legislation is whether the law should include a private right of action (PRA). As we also know, some existing federal…
Texas AG’s Broad Jurisdiction Results in Settlement with VW and Audi
Last month, the Texas Attorney General agreed to a settlement in principle with car manufacturers Audi and Volkswagen requiring them to pay a civil penalty of $85 million for alleged violations of the Texas Clean Air…