Technology Law Updates

3/23/2026 2:51:17 PM

New York and Washington Take On the Final Boss of Loot Boxes

By Michael Ling

Loot boxes have always existed in a grey area within the U.S. regulatory landscape. However, as video game industry revenues grow and...

3/22/2026 1:36:07 AM

Oklahoma Enacts Comprehensive Privacy Law

By Andrew Folks

Not a moment too soon(er), we have our twentieth state comprehensive privacy law. Ending a nearly two-year national drought, Oklahoma...

3/5/2026 6:35:10 PM

Takeaways from CalPrivacy's $375K Settlement with Ford

By Andrew Folks

Another day, another CCPA action. On March 5, 2026, CalPrivacy announced a $375,703 settlement with Ford Motor Company over allegations...

3/4/2026 7:28:56 PM

Takeaways from CalPrivacy's $1.1M Settlement with PlayOn Sports

By Andrew Folks Daniel Goldberg

On March 3, 2026, the California Privacy Protection Agency announced a $1.1 million settlement with 2080 Media, Inc. d/b/a PlayOn Sports,...

2/28/2026 12:43:21 AM

FTC Issues COPPA Policy Statement on Age Verification

By Holly Melton

On February 25, 2026, the FTC issued an enforcement policy statement under COPPA intended to encourage the use of age-verification...

2/23/2026 9:29:12 PM

Courts Expand ECPA Wiretapping Liability Through Crime-Tort Exception

By Caren Decter Peter Devlin

Two recent decisions signal judicial receptiveness to federal wiretapping claims based on the use of website tracking technologies—with...

2/19/2026 1:06:10 AM

Agentic AI Part I: What It Is and Who's Responsible When It Acts

By Peter Devlin Regina Gerhardt

Artificial intelligence tools are rapidly evolving from passive, user-prompted systems, into autonomous technologies capable of planning,...

2/12/2026 3:50:19 AM

Takeaways from the Disney CCPA $2.75 Million Settlement

By Daniel Goldberg

On February 11, the California Attorney General’s Office announced a settlement with Disney for alleged violations of California privacy...

2/9/2026 5:31:18 PM

Fireside chat with CalPrivacy Executive Director Tom Kemp on California privacy

By Daniel Goldberg

I recently moderated a fireside chat with Tom Kemp, Executive Director of the California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy), on where...

2/4/2026 5:49:17 PM

Door Not “Shut” on VPPA Claims in Second Circuit When Data Is Legible

By Peter Devlin

Last year, the Second Circuit declared that the “door” was “effectively shut” on claims under the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”)...

1/29/2026 9:59:06 PM

Inside the New SAG-AFTRA Interactive Media Agreement: New Standards for AI and Digital Replicas

By Emma Smizer Dorian Thomas

Big news coming into the new year: we now have the full text of the newly ratified SAG-AFTRA Interactive Media Agreement (IMA). As a...

1/28/2026 7:54:48 PM

Surveillance Pricing Headlines California's Data Privacy Day Celebration

By Andrew Folks

In keeping with its annual Data Privacy Day tradition, the California Attorney General's Office announced an investigative sweep into...

1/27/2026 1:58:03 AM

Breaking News: Supreme Court To Consider Who is “Consumer” Under Video Privacy Protection Act

By Regina Gerhardt Peter Devlin

On January 26th, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari to address a circuit split on the scope of the Video Privacy Protection Act...

1/22/2026 10:27:53 PM

Class Actions Under California’s Digital Goods Disclosure Law Reach Video Games: What to Know

By Peter Devlin

Class actions under California’s AB 2426 are now hitting video game companies. AB 2426, which took effect at the start of last year,...

1/22/2026 10:27:25 PM

The FTC’s Age-Verification Workshop: A Look at Tools and Implementation in 2026

By Emma Smizer Holly Melton

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently released its agenda for a workshop the agency is hosting on January 28, 2026, focused on age...

1/14/2026 8:28:00 PM

FTC Finalizes GM/OnStar Order Over Geolocation Data Practices

By Holly Melton

The FTC’s January 2026 final order against GM and its OnStar subsidiary marks the culmination of a long-running investigation into how...

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