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State AG Coalition Opposes Current Federal Privacy Legislation

Troutman Pepper on 5/13/2024

On May 8, attorneys general (AG) from 14 states and the District of Columbia sent a letter to Congressional leadership opposing provisions of the recently proposed federal American Privacy Rights Act (APRA). In addition to...more

House committee continues federal privacy legislation discussions

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/8/2023

On April 27, the House Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce, a subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, held a hearing entitled “Addressing America’s Data Privacy Shortfalls: How a National Standard...more

Legislators Announce Compromise U.S. Federal Privacy Bill with Support in both the House and Senate

Hogan Lovells on 6/14/2022

Momentum is growing for a federal privacy law in the United States. A bipartisan group of House and Senate leaders have released a discussion draft of a baseline consumer data protection legislation. The American Data...more

Progress on Federal Privacy Legislation, but Still a Long Way to Go

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 6/14/2022

A bipartisan and bicameral group of legislators in Washington, D.C., released a discussion draft of a federal privacy bill on June 3 that, for first time, reaches compromise positions on the two key issues that have to date...more

Lawmakers Unveil Landmark Bipartisan Privacy Proposal

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 6/7/2022

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

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - March 2021 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 3/15/2021

CYBERSECURITY - Microsoft Releases Additional Resources for Exchange Flaws and CISA Issues Alert - As we alerted our readers last week, Microsoft announced that its Exchange email servers have been compromised, which is...more

New Federal Privacy Bill Introduced – Could 2021 Be the Year?

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 3/12/2021

Bloomberg reported this week that the first comprehensive federal privacy bill of the year was introduced by Representative Suzan DelBene (D-Washington). The bill is known as the Information Transparency and Personal Data...more

Federal Privacy Law Efforts Move Forward in Congress

Wiley Rein LLP on 10/5/2020

As fall has arrived, so has a flurry of privacy activity on Capitol Hill. Though this Congress is highly unlikely to pass any privacy legislation before the end of the Term, the latest developments reflect efforts by key...more

Cantwell-Cassidy Exposure Notification Privacy Act – A Bipartisan Bill on Disease Contact Tracing

Mintz - ML Strategies on 6/9/2020

Last week, Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced the Exposure Notification Privacy Act, which would regulate...more

Washington State Lawmakers Divided Over Private Right of Action and Other Relief in Dueling Data Privacy Bills

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 2/19/2020

- The Washington state Senate has passed its version of a consumer data privacy bill as state lawmakers debate proposed legislation for the Washington Privacy Act, the state’s first data privacy law. - In their own bill,...more

[Podcast] What’s New in Washington: Spotlight on Privacy Legislation

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/9/2020

In this episode, Akin Gump public law and policy partner Ed Pagano and senior policy advisor Galen Roehl discuss privacy legislation being considered in the U.S. Congress....more

CCPA Amendments – What did California Actually Do?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/18/2019

The rush for California to get all of the “rules of the road” ready for next year has seemed to cause a bit of confusion with California’s privacy law. Draft regulations were published the same day the Governor signed into...more

Status Report on Federal Privacy Developments Heading into the Fall

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/26/2019

• The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) goes into effect on January 1, 2020. The window of opportunity to pass federal privacy legislation to preempt the CCPA in the 116th Congress is rapidly closing. • Discussions are...more

Preemption: The Fight for the Supreme Law of the Land

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 6/19/2019

Once again, the question of federal preemption of state laws has created battle lines within the halls of Congress. As with past fights over vehicle fuel efficiency standards, voting rights protections or myriad areas of the...more

U.S. Congress Focused on Federal Privacy Legislation in Wake of California Consumer Privacy Act

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/19/2019

As companies are working to re-evaluate their privacy programs following the enactment of California's groundbreaking privacy law, eyes are now on the U.S. Congress as to whether a federal privacy standard can be achieved....more

California Consumer Privacy Act: The Challenge Ahead — Introduction to Hogan Lovells’ Blog Series

Hogan Lovells on 9/13/2018

Groundbreaking. Watershed. Unprecedented. - We have heard the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) called all these things and more since its enactment on June 28, ?2018. Our experience to date has confirmed the...more

CalCoPA – Does It Apply to Your Organization?

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 9/6/2018

As discussed in Part 1, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CalCoPA) is a game-changing privacy act that sets a new bar for consumer privacy rights in the U.S. The primary reason it differs from existing legislation...more

[WEBINAR] Laying the Foundation for Maximizing Benefits Around Emerging Technologies

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 6/22/2018

This webinar focuses on the important legal and policy foundations that should be considered when integrating emerging technologies into cities and counties. From smart traffic signals and street lights to automated vehicles...more

[WEBINAR] Automated Vehicle Pilot Project Risks and Smart Infrastructure

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 6/22/2018

As pilot projects testing self-driving and connected vehicles continue to roll out across the country, new policy, liability and contractual issues arise — in addition to considerations around future "smart" infrastructure...more

Financial Services Report, Fall 2015

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 9/18/2015

BELTWAY - Straight Out of the Seventh Circuit The Seventh Circuit recently affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the SEC cannot be sued in district court to stop it from bringing an administrative action. Bebo v. SEC, No....more

Treasury Request for Public Input on Expanding Access to Credit through Online Marketplace Lending

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 7/22/2015

On July 20, the Department of the Treasury published a Notice and Request for Information (“RFI”) seeking comment on various aspects of online marketplace lending, including – - the business models and products offered...more

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