• 12.12.17

    EEOC Touts 'Significant Progress' in FY 2017 Report

    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission commended itself in the agency’s annual Performance and Accountability Report, highlighting “significant progress” in managing the pending inventory of Fiscal Year 2017 charges with the lowest number of cases in the past decade.

  • 12.12.17

    North Carolina: Amended 1115 Waiver Application

    On November 20, 2017, North Carolina submitted an amended 1115 waiver application to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) seeking authority to invest $1.2 billion over five years in a range of targeted initiatives that, taken together with a transition from fee-for-service to ...

  • 12.07.17

    Sears Tries to Sell FTC on Settlement Tweaks

    Should the Federal Trade Commission revise its 2009 settlement with Sears involving the company’s data security practices?  

  • 12.07.17

    ADA Litigation Continues With Recent Settlements

    As the wave of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) litigation against online retailers continues, a handful of companies have settled lawsuits for failing to make their websites accessible to those with visual impairments.

  • 12.07.17

    Lawmakers Seek to Keep Things Private

    Federal lawmakers are considering the Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2017, a new bill that would regulate the storage online of certain types of personal consumer information.

  • 12.07.17

    Up Next: Next Gen TV

    Targeted ads on television are likely in the future after the Federal Communications Commission gave the thumbs up to Next Generation TV technology in a recent vote.  

  • 12.07.17

    Dec. 31 Deadline to Preserve DMCA Service Provider Immunity

    By Dec. 31, 2017, eligible service providers must use a new online system at the Copyright Office to designate agents to receive Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices.

  • 11.30.17

    Battle of Acting Directors: Round One to Mulvaney

    Earlier this week, a federal judge refused to grant a temporary restraining order preventing Mick Mulvaney from assuming the reins of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) as acting director.

  • 11.30.17

    Deceptive Marketing Practices Cost Bank $5M

    A state-chartered bank based in Missouri must pay $5 million pursuant to a Consent Order with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System resulting from charges of deceptive marketing practices.

  • 11.30.17

    Texas Bank Faces $2M Fine From FinCEN

    The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) hit a Texas bank with a $2 million Assessment of Civil Money Penalty for Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) violations of Section 312 of the USA PATRIOT Act related to a correspondent relationship with a Mexican bank.

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