Technology Law Updates

12/15/2025 6:24:51 PM

Countdown to Jan. 1, 2026: Mobile Developers Must Adopt Apple, Google APIs to Comply with App Store Accountability Acts

By Andrew Folks Emma Smizer

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

12/8/2025 6:08:05 PM

Countdown to Jan. 1, 2026: Preparing for California’s New AI Training Data Transparency Obligations

By Andrew Folks

As the pace of state AI governance legislation stabilizes, training data transparency has emerged as a regulatory focus. California’s AB...

12/3/2025 6:02:24 PM

Texas Clarifies Registration Requirements For Text Message Marketers

By Andrew Folks

Earlier this year, Texas amended its telemarketing law to apparently impose onerous registration obligations on businesses engaged in...

11/18/2025 4:50:35 PM

Deflection in the Face of AI Hallucinations Ends in Rule 11 Sanctions

By Kristen Niven

In yet another case involving AI hallucinations in court filings, the Court in Boston et al. v. Williams et al., Case No. 1:23-cv-00752...

10/30/2025 9:48:10 PM

Google Allows External Payments Following Upheld Injunction

By Emma Smizer

On October 29, 2025, Google announced that it will allow U.S. app developers to offer alternative payment methods outside the Google Play...

10/22/2025 12:54:12 AM

Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) Publishes New Risk Matrix on Generative AI & Kids

By Emma Smizer

Artificial intelligence is more than the usual topic du jour; it is a rapidly improving technology that has invariably seeped into every...

10/13/2025 10:35:18 PM

California Enacts Landmark Age Verification, Social Media Warning, and AI Chatbot Safety Laws

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...

10/8/2025 9:30:39 PM

New Law and Regulations Expand California's Data Broker Oversight

By Andrew Folks

California continues to lead the nation in regulating the data brokerage ecosystem. On October 8, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB...

9/19/2025 8:38:46 PM

California Age Verification Bill Advances to Governor Newsom

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...

9/11/2025 11:15:03 PM

Joint State Action Raises Stakes for Global Privacy Control Compliance

By Andrew Folks

On Tuesday, September 9, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency and attorneys general from California, Connecticut, and Colorado...

8/22/2025 1:31:20 PM

Sovereignty, Security, and Speech: FTC Chair Pens Letter to Tech Companies

By Andrew Folks

On August 21, 2025, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson announced he had issued letters to top technology firms, warning...

7/24/2025 9:08:49 PM

CPPA Board Approves New Rules on Automated Decisionmaking Technology, Risk Assessments, Cybersecurity Audits, and More

By Andrew Folks

At its July 24, 2025 meeting, the Board of the California Privacy Protection Agency voted unanimously to finalize regulations on...

7/9/2025 8:02:28 PM

Cloudflare’s New Economic Model to Address AI Web Scraping

By Chloe Tepper

Last week, Cloudflare released a private beta version of “pay-per-crawl,” a technical solution designed to help websites using Cloudflare...

7/9/2025 7:59:46 PM

Connecticut AG Enforces Privacy Compliance Action Against TicketNetwork

By Rick Borden

On July 8, 2025, the Connecticut Attorney General (AG) publicly announced an enforcement action against TicketNetwork for violations of...

6/26/2025 8:23:30 PM

TCPA in Turmoil: Supreme Court Shifts Power from FCC to Courts

By Andrew Folks

If you thought for a moment that compliance with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act could not get more complex, the Supreme Court of...

6/26/2025 3:47:12 PM

The DOJ Bulk Data Rule and Ad Tech: What Every Advertiser Needs to Know

By Rick Borden

The Department of Justice’s Bulk Data Rule has fundamentally changed the landscape for advertising technology and digital marketing....

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