Technology Law Updates

4/10/2026 1:35:39 PM

Utah First State to Amend its App Store Accountability Act

By Andrew Folks

In March 2025, Utah was the first state to pass an App Store Accountability Act (ASAA), enacting SB 142. Since then, Texas, Louisiana,...

1/22/2026 10:27:25 PM

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...

12/23/2025 8:05:38 PM

By Emma Smizer

In the eleventh hour, the Texas App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420) has been enjoined. As a brief refresher, Texas passed the App...

12/15/2025 6:24:51 PM

By Andrew Folks Emma Smizer

Several states, including Texas, Utah, Louisiana, and California, have enacted so-called “App Store Accountability Acts.” Broadly, these...

10/13/2025 10:35:18 PM

By Emma Smizer

Last month, I wrote about an age-verification law that made its way to California Governor Newsom. Today, that bill – and several other...

9/19/2025 8:38:46 PM

By Emma Smizer

Good things comes in threes - or so they say. California might just be the third state to enact age verification laws for certain digital...

3/7/2025 6:02:50 PM

By Andrew Folks

In the online safety conversation, assigning responsibility for verifying a user’s age has been a protracted study in buck passing....

6/17/2024 9:25:22 PM

By Michael Ling

Once again, the First Amendment has come to the defense of pornography. This time, though, the battlefield has also roped in data privacy...