Nov 29, 2024 | State Law
Leawood, Kan. – November 29, 2024: In September, the New York Senate introduced New York Bill No. S09900 (“NY S09900”) which would require: (i) merchants to securely package gift certificates, (ii) a warning about tampering fraud to be printed on the secure packaging,...
Nov 22, 2024 | State Law
Leawood, Kan. – November 22, 2024: Earlier this year, Maryland enacted Senate Bill 760 (Acts 2024, c. 463; codified at MD Commercial Law § 14-4901 – 14-4905) amending its Consumer Protection Act with respect to gift card fraud prevention. The open loop provisions...
Nov 8, 2024 | State Law
Leawood, Kan. – November 8, 2024: At the end of September, the Delaware Governor signed House Bill 317 (“HB 317”) to amend its Prohibited Trade Practices Law to require all sellers of third-party gift cards to display a notice of potential scams involving gift cards....
Sep 6, 2024 | State Law
Leawood, Kan. – September 6, 2024: In a surprising and last minute turn of events, the California House completely struck the entirety of Senate Bill 1272 (“SB 1272”) and replaced it with a bill concerning renewable energy projects under the California Environmental...
Aug 9, 2024 | State Law
Leawood, Kan. – August 9, 2024: As you may recall, New Jersey amended N.J.S.A. 56:8-110.1 to require retail merchants to train its employees on how to identify and respond to gift card fraud. See, 02.17.2022 Card Alert. In June, the New Jersey Assembly proposed...
Aug 2, 2024 | State Law
Leawood, Kan. – August 2, 2024: The Governor signed into law House Bill 471 (“HB 471”), which enacts Idaho’s version of the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. The new law became effective on July 1, 2024 and will impact unclaimed property filings that are due on...
Jul 26, 2024 | State Law
Leawood, Kan. – July 26, 2024: On June 24, 2024, the Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee of the California House amended Senate Bill 1272 (“SB 1272”) to make a technical correction to the statute. Specifically, the bill was amended to explicitly add “electronic...
Jun 7, 2024 | State Law
Leawood, Kan. – June 7, 2024: Two weeks ago, the California Senate passed Senate Bill 1272 (“SB 1272”). The bill, if enacted in its current form, would significantly increase mandatory cash redemption amount for certain types of gift certificates and gift cards from...
May 10, 2024 | State Law
Leawood, Kan. – May 10, 2024: The Delaware legislature is currently considering House Bill 317 (“HB 317”) to amend its Prohibited Trade Practices Law to require all sellers of third-party gift cards to display a notice of potential scams involving gift cards. 2024 DE...
May 10, 2024 | State Law
Leawood, Kan. – May 10, 2024: As of January 1, 2024, The Corporate Transparency Act may require many companies doing business in the United States to report beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement...