As readers of this blog know, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) recently went into effect on January 1, 2020. While the California Attorney General will not bring enforcement actions prior to July 1, 2020, the CCPA’s private right of action is now in full effect. This private right of action provides California consumers with […]
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A California-based marijuana delivery company, Eaze Technologies, Inc. formerly known as Eaze Solutions, Inc. (“Eaze”), is seeking to have Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) violation claims against it sent from federal district court to arbitration. If Eaze obtains a ruling in its favor, it would follow a nationwide trend in TCPA law involving courts enforcing
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On January 2, 2020, the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (“Goodyear”) and the Illinois-based punk rock band, The Pimps, a/k/a The Good Year Pimps (“The Pimps”), entered into a settlement agreement to resolve allegations that The Pimps: (1) had breached a previous settlement agreement entered into between the parties; (2) were infringing on Goodyear’s trademark
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December 30th, 2019 Over the years, the estate of Bruce Lee, organized under the corporate name of Bruce Lee Enterprises, LLC (“BLE”), has endeavored to protect the Bruce Lee brand by filing various lawsuits throughout the world. BLE’s latest lawsuit seeks $30 million from the Chinese-based restaurant chain, Kungfu Catering Management (“KCM”), for its alleged
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December 27th, 2019 In an important decision concerning the Junk Fax portions of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) recently issued a declaratory ruling clarifying the scope of the TCPA fax exemption. The ruling came in response to a petition filed by Amerifactors Financial Group, LLC (“Amerifactors”) requesting clarification from
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December 12th, 2019 On December 10, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a settlement with the University of Phoenix and its parent company, Apollo Education Group (“AEG”), for $191 million dollars. This $191 million dollar settlement is the “largest settlement the FTC has ever obtained against a for-profit school.” This settlement is the culmination
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December 10th, 2019 The US House of Representatives recently passed the “Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act,” or “TRACED Act.” If written into law, the TRACED Act would implement a number of changes to the TCPA landscape, such as the creation of a new Interagency Working Group and new anti-spoofing requirements. Most
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December 6, 2019 This week, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill enacting the Nuisance Call Act, a telemarketing law aimed at curbing the receipt of unwanted commercial telephone calls by New York residents. The law is intended to build upon the State’s Do-Not-Call Law, which went into effect in 2001. How does the new telemarketing
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