NY AG Settles with IoT Company over Security Practices
BY C. READE JACOB, JR., RONALD I. RAETHER, JR. AND ASHLEY L. TAYLOR, JR. On May 22, 2017, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a settlement with Safetech Products LLC (“Safetech”) over...
View ArticleSecond Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Putative Data Breach Class Action Against...
BY JULIE D. HOFFMEISTER AND RONALD I. RAETHER, JR. On May 23, 2017, in Whalen v. Michaels Stores, Inc., the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a summary order affirming the...
View ArticleJoin Us on August 10 for a Webinar on A Review of the New York Cybersecurity...
Join Troutman Sanders attorneys Shannon VanVleet Patterson and Sheila M. Pham for a complimentary webinar on August 10, 2017 from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET. On March 1, 2017, the revised Cybersecurity...
View ArticleNew Jersey Bill Limits Use of Driver’s License Information by Retailers
BY JULIE D. HOFFMEISTER AND RONALD I. RAETHER, JR. The New Jersey legislature recently passed a bill that places restrictions on retailers’ ability to collect and use personal information gleaned from...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Holds TCPA Claims Are Invasion of Privacy Claims
BY KEVIN KIEFFER, CHARLES T. BLAIR AND LIOR HAAS The district court granted the insurer’s motion to dismiss the insured’s complaint for breach of contract and bad faith in its entirety, reasoning that...
View ArticleIllinois Federal Court Refuses to Certify TCPA Robocall Class Action Based in...
BY ROSS ANDRE AND DAVID N. ANTHONY On August 15, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied a motion for class certification in Legg v. PTZ Insurance Agency, Ltd., a...
View ArticleJoin Us at the ASIS International 63rd Annual Seminar and Exhibits in Dallas
BY RONALD I. RAETHER, JR. We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders partner Ronald Raether will be a featured speaker at the ASIS International 63rd Annual Seminar and Exhibits event in Dallas...
View ArticleJoin Us for a Webinar on September 21 – How to Engage Your Legal Department...
Join Troutman Sanders attorneys Melanie Witte and Megan Nicholls for a webinar on September 21. During the webinar, the presenters will: Present the landscape of incident response laws and generally...
View ArticleJoin Us for a NAPBS Webinar on September 27: Compliance Management Systems –...
BY RONALD I. RAETHER, JR. AND MEGAN C. NICHOLLS We are pleased to announce that Troutman Sanders attorneys Ron Raether and Megan Nicholls will be featured speakers for a webinar hosted by the National...
View ArticleNew TCPA Class Action: Expansion into Service Calls
BY VIRGINIA BELL FLYNN AND ALAN D. WINGFIELD On August 29, yet another Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action was filed in the Middle District of Florida. This suit, however, is a bit...
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