The Supreme Court Oct. 17 issued guidance for filers of friend-of-the-court briefs that “clears up a number of contested issues previously resolved through word-of-mouth lore among practitioners,” one of them said.
Consumers have registered more than 4 million phone numbers in the Federal Trade Commission’s Do Not Call registry since last year, the agency announced.
Facebook Inc. is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide the constitutionality of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by reviewing a Ninth Circuit ruling that an exception to its telemarketing call restrictions violates the First Amendment.
Company executives would face possible jail time for lying to the Federal Trade Commission about privacy and data security matters, under a new bill by Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden.
China is boosting its efforts against cyberthreats with plans to build a command center and increase information-sharing, moves that could give multinationals a chance to help develop tech security solutions, attorneys said.
The Senate Judiciary Committee delayed action on a number of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees Oct. 17, including circuit court picks who faced pushback at their confirmation hearings.