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American Privacy Rights Act – Another Shot at a Comprehensive Federal Privacy Law

Will the U.S. finally join most developed nations and pass a comprehensive federal privacy law? Some believe this may be the year that the U.S. does just that....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

A New Proposal for a Federal Privacy Law is Here: What You Should Know about APRA

Earlier this week, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Chair Maria Cantwell (D-WA) released a discussion draft of the...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Bipartisan Congressional Leaders Introduce Federal Data Privacy Bill

Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) and Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Washington) have presented a draft of a federal data privacy law, the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA).  APRA would largely preempt the...more

Wiley Rein LLP

10 Things to Know About the APRA – the Latest Federal Privacy Law Effort

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Over the weekend, lawmakers unveiled the latest push for a federal privacy law – the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA). The bill was circulated as a discussion draft by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Chair of the Senate...more

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Comprehensive Federal Privacy Bill May Open Backdoor for HIPAA Private Right of Action

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The American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 (APRA), a bipartisan and “historic” comprehensive data privacy bill unveiled April 8, 2024, would preempt state data privacy laws and be enforced by the Federal Trade Commission,...more

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Privacy Surprise: Bipartisan Group Proposes Omnibus Data Protection Law that Preempts all US State Data Protection Laws

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The American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 would establish a national, comprehensive data protection law unifying US businesses under one standard, preempting the well over a dozen U.S. states with laws already in effect. ...more

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Child’s Play or Constitutional Clash? Unpacking New York’s Bold Move to Restrict Food Advertising to Kids

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Last week, New York Senate Bill S 213B, which is aimed at restricting food advertising to children, was heard by the Agriculture Committee and voted out on a 6 to 2 vote along party lines, with the Democrats in the majority....more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Laws Impacting Employee Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation, and Non-Disclosure Agreements – What to Know, What to Do and What to...

Many employers experienced whiplash in 2023 from the flurry of judicial, administrative and legislative activity aimed at restricting the use of employee non-competition, non-solicitation, and non-disclosure agreements. Can...more

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Public Company Watch: November 2023

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In the November edition of our Public Company Watch, we cover key issues impacting public companies, including how to prepare for the 2024 10-K season; the SEC announcing a new intake system for Rule 14a-8 submissions; the...more

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The Changing Landscape of Non-Competes and Restrictive Covenants

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A common example of a non-compete restriction is a new CPA who signs such an agreement as part of his or her onboarding paperwork. Years later, the CPA considers moving to another firm, or opening their own firm, but that...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Should Section 5 of the FTC Act be Amended to Add a Private Right of Action?

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Section 5 of the FTC Act, which prohibits unfair or deceptive acts or practices, does not include a private right of action. Our special guest, Professor Myriam E. Gilles of Cardozo Law School, has written a law review...more

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New York’s Potential Ban on Non-Compete Agreements: What You Need to Know

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New York, a state with a GDP larger than most sovereign nations, is on the brink of a significant change to its employment landscape. It may soon join the four other states that have banned employee non-compete agreements....more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Implications of and Open Questions Regarding the N.Y. State Legislature’s Passage of Bill Banning Non-Competes

On June 21, 2023, the New York State Assembly passed a sweeping bill (Bill No. S03100/A1278B — An Act to Amend the Labor Law, in Relation to Prohibiting Non-Compete Agreements and Certain Restrictive Covenants) that, if it...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Jones v. Google reminds us that private rights of action could come from anywhere

As most privacy watchers know, one of the hot-button issues in the ongoing debate over federal legislation is whether the law should include a private right of action (PRA). As we also know, some existing federal privacy...more

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Parents Retaking Control? New Utah Social Media Laws

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This spring, Utah legislators gave parents new legal tools to control use of social media by children and teens, including introducing a private right of action with statutory damages.To comply, social media companies will...more

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Federal District Court Grants Summary Judgment Dismissing Claim that Creditor Conducted an Unreasonable Investigation of a FCRA...

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In Suluki v. Credit One Bank, N.A. (Credit One), the Southern District of New York recently granted summary judgement to a creditor in a suit alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) for failure to conduct...more

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Analyzing the American Data Privacy and Protection Act’s Private Right of Action

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Keypoint: As currently drafted, the ADPPA’s private right of action provides U.S. citizens with the opportunity to enforce their privacy rights but limits lawsuits to federal court and provides covered entities and service...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Landmark Federal Privacy Bill Clears First Congressional Hurdle

American Data Privacy and Protection Act would require organizations to limit collection of personal information, grant consumers access to their own data, enhance data protections for children, mandate implementation of...more

Wiley Rein LLP

National Privacy Law: Bipartisan Proposed Legislation Regarding Privacy Released

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On June 3, 2022, Senator Wicker (R-Miss.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, and Representatives Pallone (D-N.J.) and Rodgers (R-Wash.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee,...more

Mintz - ML Strategies

Understanding the American Data Privacy and Protection Act

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On Friday, June 3, Representative Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), the committee’s Ranking Member, and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), Ranking...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Lawmakers Unveil Landmark Bipartisan Privacy Proposal

Key Points - Three of the four bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate committees with jurisdiction over data privacy have struck a deal on a comprehensive federal bill, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act,...more

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Hope Emerges at Senate Data Security Hearing – But Will Congress Grab the Brass Ring?

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On October 6, 2021, the Senate Commerce Committee conducted its second in a series of hearings dedicated to consumer privacy and data, this time addressing Data Security. Similar to last week’s privacy hearing, the witnesses...more

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“Not Outgunned, Just Outmanned” (For Now): Senate Hearing on Privacy Law Addresses Under-resourced FTC

On September 29, 2021, the Senate Commerce Subcommittee held a hearing titled Protecting Consumer Privacy. The senators addressed the potential $1 billion earmarked to strengthen the FTC’s privacy work, the future of a...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

A Second Chance for the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act

This is the seventh alert in a series of Bradley installments on privacy and cybersecurity developments arising from the COVID-19 pandemic... Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) has re-introduced a bill to create the Public Health...more

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10 Areas Of Privacy Law That Look Ripe For Change In 2021

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While still in its relative infancy, privacy law has quickly become a turbulent teenager, with constant change around the world. At a minimum, 2021 will require meaningful efforts to implement the changes of 2020, with a...more

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