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September 08, 2017 | National Law Journal

The credit reporting agency Equifax Inc. faces enormous national backlash and future scrutiny after revealing one of the largest data breaches in the U.S., one that potentially affects nearly half of the country's population. The company drew even more criticism for its move to force customers to agree to arbitration to participate in a free credit monitoring and identity theft service. Equifax has resisted efforts by U.S. regulators to ban the widespread use of arbitration agreements in consumer contracts in the banking and finance industries.

By C. Ryan Barber

12 minute read

September 07, 2017 | National Law Journal

A federal judge in Washington has kept alive a lawsuit from King & Spalding that seeks records from federal enforcement and regulatory agencies about information the firm believes was at the heart of an investigation targeting a pharmaceutical client.

By C. Ryan Barber

14 minute read

September 07, 2017 | Inside Counsel

Bacardi has taken new legal action in its long-running rum war with Cuba, this time against banking regulators in a hunt for information about…

By C. Ryan Barber

3 minute read

September 07, 2017 | National Law Journal

Bacardi has taken new legal action in its long-running rum war with Cuba, this time against banking regulators in a hunt for information about how an entity owned by the island nation last year received a U.S. license to renew the disputed "Havana Club" trademark.

By C. Ryan Barber

3 minute read

September 07, 2017 | Inside Counsel

A federal labor appeals panel has revived a whistleblower’s claims against the defense contractor Exelis Systems Corp., ruling that the employee…

By C. Ryan Barber

5 minute read

September 06, 2017 | National Law Journal

A federal labor appeals panel has revived a whistleblower's claims against the defense contractor Exelis Systems Corp., ruling that the employee can allege retaliation even though he raised concerns about unlawful conduct outside the United States and was fired while overseas.

By C. Ryan Barber

14 minute read

September 06, 2017 | Legaltech News

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White in Oakland ruled for Turn, saying that consumer contracts with Verizon required the privacy lawsuit to be sent to arbitration.

By C. Ryan Barber

10 minute read

September 05, 2017 | The Recorder

A federal appeals panel on Tuesday rejected a digital advertising firm's effort to invoke Verizon Wireless' arbitration agreement to push a subscriber class action over data collection practices out of court.

By C. Ryan Barber

10 minute read

September 05, 2017 | National Law Journal

With its third data security-related settlement in as many weeks, the Federal Trade Commission laid blame Tuesday on a "man in the middle"—a software program, designed to interfere with how browsers interact with websites, that left sensitive consumer information vulnerable. The FTC joined with 32 state attorneys general—including California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut—in faulting Lenovo Inc., a leading computer manufacturer.

By C. Ryan Barber

8 minute read

September 01, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

As millions of Americans prepared to witness a total solar eclipse, Amazon.com Inc. sent a safety warning to consumers who'd purchased potentially hazardous safety glasses and camera filters to capture the spectacle in the sky.

By C. RYAN BARBER

4 minute read