1/27/2025 4:41:51 PM ABA Issues Comprehensive Formal Ethics Opinion on Lawyers’ Use of Generative AI By Kristen Niven The American Bar Association (“ABA”) Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility published its first Formal Opinion on...
1/23/2025 4:12:56 PM I’m Not Dead Yet: Biden’s Executive Order re Cybersecurity May Still Matter in a Trump Administration By Bram Schumer Biden’s 11th hour Executive Order on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity (the “Order”) provides...
1/22/2025 4:42:40 PM The Cost of Non-Compliance: Federal Trade Commission Fines HoYoverse $20 Million Over Genshin Impact Loot Boxes By Emma Smizer Cognosphere, the developer of popular video game, Genshin Impact, has agreed to pay $20 million and block users under the age of 16 from...
1/16/2025 7:57:54 PM FTC Brings Enforcement Action Against GoDaddy for Cybersecurity Failures By Bram Schumer The FTC has imposed significant sanctions and remedial requirements on GoDaddy, one of the world’s largest web hosting and domain...
1/9/2025 5:55:15 AM FTC Finds Website Overlay Tool Failed to Deliver Accessibility Promises By Andrew Folks The Federal Trade Commission announced on January 3, 2025, a proposed settlement with software provider accessiBe over alleged...
1/8/2025 12:36:51 AM New Jersey Releases Privacy Law FAQs, Revealing Insights for Businesses By Andrew Folks January 23, 2025 Update: The FAQs have been updated to align with the knowledge standard in the New Jersey Data Privacy Law. Question 18...
12/23/2024 10:23:40 PM 'Tis the Season: CPPA’s Data Broker Scrutiny Results in Two New Settlements By Andrew Folks On December 23, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency announced two settlements with data brokers for failing to register and...
12/17/2024 8:39:43 PM What the “Sad Beige Lawsuit” Can Teach Us About IP in the Influencer Space By Hannah Taylor Molly Rothschild At its core, the case the internet is referring to as the “sad beige lawsuit” is a feud between two social media influencers, Sydney...
12/6/2024 6:14:40 PM Face Value: AI and Facial Recognition Technology Claims Draw FTC Scrutiny By Andrew Folks On December 3, 2024, the FTC took action against IntelliVision Technologies Corp., a developer of AI-powered facial recognition software...
11/27/2024 11:02:04 PM Disclosed Obsolescence: FTC Scrutinizes Transparency in Smart Device Support By Andrew Folks The proliferation of connected devices has fundamentally altered the relationship between consumers and their purchased products. Smart...
11/22/2024 5:09:44 PM FTC Questions Data Clean Room Privacy Promises By Andrew Folks When the FTC speaks, listen carefully. On November 13, 2024, staff in the Commission’s Office of Technology and Division of Privacy and...
10/30/2024 7:36:47 PM California Targets Unregistered Data Brokers By Andrew Folks On October 30, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency added to the nationwide regulatory scrutiny on data brokers by announcing a...
10/14/2024 9:58:09 PM Steam Updates Checkout Disclosures in Light of New California False Advertising Law By Emma Smizer Last month, we wrote about a new landmark California law, AB2426, that prohibits the use of words like “buy” and “purchase” in connection...
9/10/2024 9:54:59 PM Out of the Shadows: The CPPA’s Guide to Avoiding Dark Patterns By Andrew Folks On September 4, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency’s Enforcement Division released its second Enforcement Advisory on...
9/2/2024 7:40:45 AM California legislature clarifies privacy obligations for AI models By Andrew Folks The intersection of privacy and AI just took on a new dimension in the Golden State. On August 30, 2024, the California Senate passed AB...
8/28/2024 2:29:31 PM California Requires Browsers and Mobile Devices to Support Opt-out Preference Signals By Andrew Folks On August 27, 2024, the California Senate passed AB 3048, amending the California Consumer Privacy Act to require all browser and mobile...