Ad Law Access
New Jersey’s TCCWNA: New Year, Same Uncertainty
In 2016, many retailers found themselves on the wrong end of class actions brought under New Jersey’s Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act (“TCCWNA”). The suits allege that these retailers’ website terms…
The Ninth Circuit’s Briseno Decision Is Not As Bad As It Looks for Consumer Class Action Defendants
The Ninth Circuit’s decision this week in Briseno v. ConAgra Foods, Inc., No. 15-55727, refused to engraft an “administrative feasibility” requirement to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23’s prerequisites for…
One Less (Regulator) Affair for AshleyMadison.com: Site Operators Agree to Settle U.S. Charges Stemming from 2015 Breach
Remember the 2015 AshleyMadison.com data breach, where hackers gained access to the personal information of about 36 million users from over 46 countries, and threatened and carried through on their promise to release…
FTC Settles with Turn Over Alleged Privacy Policy Misrepresentations
On Wednesday, the FTC announced that Turn, a California-based ad-tech firm, agreed to settle charges that it misrepresented its consumer tracking practices to Verizon Wireless customers. According to the FTC, such…
Better Online Ticket Sales Act of 2016
On December 14, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Better Online Ticket Sales Act of 2016 . The BOTS Act prohibits circumventing a website’s security measures to acquire event tickets. It also restricts the…