By Megan Rodgers
The FTC announced that the identity theft protection firm LifeLock will pay $100 million to resolve allegations that the company made false statements about its services and failed to safeguard consumer data. This settlement represents the largest of its kind in an FTC order enforcement action.
The FTC first sued LifeLock in…
The European Commission has adopted a Circular Economy Package (“Package”) intended to create a single market for the reuse of materials and resources. The policy initiatives discussed in the Package will impose on companies manufacturing or marketing goods in Europe additional eco-design, waste take back, and other producer responsibility requirements. Some initiatives may also encourage…
This morning, the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee (“LIBE”) formally adopted the result of the negotiations on the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The text of GDPR was the outcome of trilogue negotiations between the European Parliament and Council and the Commission, which concluded on December 15, 2015. The LIBE…
Much no doubt will be written about how 195 nations came together in Paris to make a global commitment to tackle climate change and what changes in regulation and the investment landscape might result. From my vantage point in Paris during the negotiations, a few key impressions stand out.
First, the agreement overcomes those past…
A major spending bill posted late last night by Congressional leaders contains provisions shooting down two key initiatives of the campaign finance reform community.
Stymied by a Federal Election Commission that has increasingly struggled to find consensus, campaign finance activists in recent years have turned their attention to other federal regulators, pressing those regulators to…
Today, the EU institutions reached the long-awaited political agreement on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will fundamentally change the EU privacy landscape (for the Commission press release see here and the European Parliament press release here). Almost four years after the publication of the legislative proposal for the GDPR, the final trilogue…
A shorter-than-usual column for what is almost certain to be the final week of legislative business in 2015. While much has been accomplished this year, one major legislative obstacle remains: passage of a $1.1 trillion omnibus appropriations measure for Fiscal Year 2016.
With Hanukah underway and the Christmas holiday approaching, Members are eager to wrap…
On December 3rd, the Department of Justice released its annual summary of recoveries in False Claims Act (FCA) cases. Although down from last year’s $5.69 billion, this year’s recoveries of $3.5 billion demonstrate the power that the government wields to drive settlements of fraud allegations. Of the $3.5 billion, $1.1 billion in recoveries are attributable…
Three major agencies—the Department of Defense (“DoD”), NASA, and the General Services Administration (“GSA”)—have published an interim rule that will require contractors to report federal felony convictions and delinquent taxes when responding to solicitations. The rule implements requirements imposed by the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015, Pub. L. 113-235 (the “CFCAA”)…
Over the past two days, members of the private sector, government and civil society have gathered in Nairobi to discuss the role of the private sector in fighting corruption and implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. The scourge of corruption has long been one of the main obstacles to realizing the incredible potential of the people…
