Federal Class Action Lawsuit Highlights Importance of Sweepstakes Lawyer

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April 20, 2017 Last month, a federal district court in Detroit refused to dismiss a putative class action lawsuit filed against Dunham’s Athleisure Corporation (“Dunham’s”) concerning the regional sporting goods retailer’s sweepstakes sponsorship and marketing practices, reinforcing the importance of consulting an experienced sweepstakes lawyer when formulating and/or sponsoring a promotional contest or sweepstakes. How can a […]

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Comply with Telemarketing Laws or Face the Consequences

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April 19, 2017 Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced its settlement with “the ring leader of telemarketing operations that blasted illegal robocalls to consumers and called phone numbers listed on the National Do Not Call (“DNC”) Registry.”  Pursuant to the terms of the settlement agreement, Justin Ramsey, founder of Prime Marketing LLC, agreed

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Wells Fargo Resolves TCPA Class Action

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April 18, 2017 Last week, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (“Wells Fargo”) successfully resolved a “junk fax” Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) class action with an accepted offer of judgment that satisfied both the named plaintiff and the court.  Incredibly, Wells Fargo will only pay a total of $7,500 to resolve the TCPA class action.  Courts

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Sweepstakes Law: Prize Limits, Registration and Bonding

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April 17, 2017 Prize Amounts Can Have Sweepstakes Law Implications Businesses are increasingly turning to sweepstakes and promotions as a means of attracting new customers and solidifying relationships with existing customers.  In this pursuit, business owners may be tempted to offer bigger and more expensive prizes in order to generate maximum buzz, but high ticket

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Children’s Privacy Compliance Program to Pay $100K for Alleged Violations

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April 13, 2017 Last week, the New York State Attorney General’s Office (“NYAG”) announced that San Francisco-based privacy technology company True Ultimate Standards Everywhere, Inc. (“TRUSTe”) has agreed to pay $100,000 in connection with TRUSTe’s children’s privacy safe harbor program. How can Internet and mobile app marketers steer clear of children’s privacy violations?

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TCPA Lawyers Awarded $15M in Legal Fees

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April 12, 2017 A United States District Court in Illinois has awarded attorneys’ fees of at least $15.6 million to the TCPA lawyers which shepherded through the largest class settlement in the history of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). What was the nature of the TCPA lawsuit and the agreed upon settlement?

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FTC and Amazon Withdraw Appeals in In-App Purchasing Lawsuit

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April 7, 2017 Last year, we reported that a federal judge had found Amazon liable for charging customers for unauthorized in-app purchases made by the customer’s respective children in an action filed by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or the “Commission”).  This week, the FTC announced that both Amazon and the Commission will withdraw their

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