On January 7, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it had settled its consumer reward investigation into the business practices of Tapjoy, Inc. (“Tapjoy”), a mobile advertising company, over allegations that Tapjoy failed to provide users with promised rewards featured in various mobile games and applications. Under the terms of the proposed settlement, […]
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Over the past three years, we have blogged extensively about the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA” or the “Act”) and the multiple amendments that have been made to it. All of the CCPA changes can make one’s head spin. “CCPA for Dummies” is an attempt to strip down the Act and make it easier to
The popular TikTok content creator collective, “Not a Content House,” recently received some negative publicity for failing to reveal the winners of a sweepstakes by the promised deadline. Not a Content House is the ironic name of an all-girl team that lives together in Los Angeles where they collaborate on content posted on YouTube, Instagram
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A class action lawsuit has been filed against a medical equipment seller for alleged violations of the junk fax provisions of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). The TCPA fax lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, arises from the alleged receipt of unsolicited fax advertisements for the
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On December 17, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it had concluded its first enforcement action against six cannabidiol (“CBD”) companies (the “Sellers”), stemming from allegations that the Sellers had deceptively advertised their CBD-based products. The FTC alleged that the Sellers made a wide range of claims, including that their CBD products could
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The California Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has provided notice of yet another round of proposed modifications to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). This fourth set of new CCPA modifications addresses the twenty (20) comments businesses submitted in response to the third set of modifications on October 12, 2020. The DOJ will accept written comments
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On December 14, 2020, the Federal Communications Communication (“FCC”) issued an Order on Reconsideration (“Order”) overturning a 2016 decision that allowed federal government contractors to robocall consumers without their prior express consent. The Order updated the FCC’s previous interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). Now, the FCC has made clear that certain government
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W. Clay Mackey (“Opposer”), owner of the registered mark CHINOOK, for table wine, sparkling wine and beer, filed an opposition against Lawson’s Finest Liquids, LLC (“Applicant”) federal trademark application for CHINOOKER’D IPA, for beer. On December 7, 2020, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) canceled the Opposer’s registration of CHINOOK for beer on the
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