Mark Mailman

Oct 18, 2024 | law.com | Mark Mailman

Who Got The Work Blank Rome partner Andrew T. Hambelton has stepped in to defend Fragrancenet.com in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The case, filed Aug. 29 in New York Southern District Court by the Blakely Law Group, targets the defendants for allegedly selling counterfeit fragrance products. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield, is 1:24-cv-06521, Abercrombie & Fitch Trading Co. v. Quester (US) Enterprises, Inc. et al.

Jun 20, 2024 | law.com | Mark Mailman

The Pennsylvania General Assembly enacted the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (CPL) in 1968 to protect the commonwealth’s consumers by prohibiting “unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce.” To give the CPL a sharp bite and dissuade bad actors from engaging in such methods, acts, or practices, the General Assembly authorized trial courts under the CPL to award, in their discretion, “up to three times the...

Apr 4, 2024 | law.com | Mark Mailman

Seeking to put an end to, as Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra said, “background check and other consumer reporting companies creating flawed reputational dossiers that are then hidden from consumer view,” the CFPB recently issued two advisory opinions to consumer reporting agencies (CRAs) regarding the management and disclosure of consumer reports and personal data. The opinions clarify several important issues under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

Feb 22, 2024 | feeds.feedblitz.com | Jay Harrington |Anthony Davies |Mark Mailman |Ed Lanquist

The biggest story in the Asia legal market last week centered on Latham & Watkins’ decision to block automatic access for its Hong Kong staff to files and documents outside of Greater China. They aren’t forbidden access completely. It’s just that they now must seek approval to gain access, a deviation from the firm’s past approach or, in more affable terms, an update to its data management process.

Feb 16, 2024 | law.com | Mark Mailman

As millions of borrowers resume their student loan payments after the COVID-related pause on those payments ended in October 2023, many are seeing firsthand how the pandemic has affected loan servicers’ ability to efficiently manage and process these payments. Borrowers are experiencing hard-to-access customer support, unprecedented processing delays, and errors in billing.