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11.16.17

Ninth Circuit: Let’s Talk About Comic-Con

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a protective order in the dispute over the “Comic-Con” trademark, finding that a prohibition on the defendants from discussing the case on social media was unconstitutional.


11.16.17

Keep It Concrete, Ad Groups Urge FTC

In new comments filed in advance of a workshop on “informational injury,” a coalition of advertising groups encouraged the Federal Trade Commission to take action in cases involving privacy or data security issues only when consumers have suffered concrete injuries.


11.16.17

Don’t Play Around With Disclosures, CARU Tells Toy Channel

In a recent decision, the Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) called for more prominent disclosures of ad content on a child-directed YouTube channel.


11.14.17

2018 Updates to the MACRA Quality Payment Program

On November 2, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Final Rule with Comment updating the Quality Payment Program (QPP) under the Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA).


11.14.17

2019 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters

On October 27, 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its annual proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters, containing proposed changes to the regulation of the individual and small group health insurance markets for 2019 and beyond (and in some cases, sooner).


11.09.17

OCC’s Noreika Continues Conversation on Innovation, Fintechs

Acting Comptroller of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Keith Noreika continued speaking out on changes in the financial services industry—and the potential for fintech charters—in recent remarks.


11.09.17

CFPB News: Supervisory Highlights, Consumer Protection Principles

In the latest roundup of Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB or the Bureau) news, the Bureau published another edition of Supervisory Highlights, released nonbinding Consumer Protection Principles and was officially handed a defeat when President Donald Trump killed the arbitration rule.


11.09.17

Exclusion Precludes Coverage for Bank’s $24M Settlement

In a blow to a bank that settled overdraft litigation for $24 million, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit affirmed that the financial institution’s liability policy did not provide coverage for the deal.


11.09.17

FTC Launches ‘Game of Loans’ Initiative

Deceptive student loan debt relief scams are the target of a new coordinated federal-state law enforcement initiative led by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).


11.09.17

CRA Ratings Review Gets Update From OCC

In a new bulletin, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) outlined its updated “policy and framework for determining the effect of evidence of discriminatory or other illegal credit practices” on the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rating of a bank.