North America: Privacy

Online retailer Harriet Carter Gifts recently obtained summary judgment from the district court in a class action under Pennsylvania wiretap law. At the heart of this case is the interpretation and application...

As we reported early last year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act rule (COPPA).

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") has withdrawn its proposed rule that would have expanded the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA") to cover a broad swath of data broker activities

On May 9, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed several significant consumer protection measures into law as part of the state's Fiscal Year 2026 Enacted Budget (FY 26 Budget).

On April 23, a year after the investigations were opened, which had occurred very soon after the prohibitions and obligations of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) became legally binding on designated gatekeepers, the European Commission rendered its first noncompliance decisions, imposing fines of €500 million on Apple and €200 million on Meta.

On March 26, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had reached an agreement with MORSECORP Inc. to settle alleged violations of the False Claims Act...