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The United States is among the minority of large economies in the world without a comprehensive national privacy law. In the absence of such a law, numerous states are filling the void with a complex assortment of often...more
A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers just unveiled a sweeping proposal to pass the nation’s first data privacy law and hand a significant amount of power to consumers, one that would bring about a massive change in the way...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), a significant legislative effort aimed at curbing financial crimes by increasing corporate accountability, has been declared unconstitutional by the U.S. District Court for the Northern...more
The race to develop AI and calls to regulate it are heating up around the world. In November 2023, 28 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, China, and the European Union, met and pledged to work together to...more
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has warned that information technology (IT) help desks are being targeted in a social engineering scheme that uses the stolen identity of revenue cycle employees or employees in other...more
As we have detailed previously, 2023 was a landmark year for privacy law, featuring numerous developments at the federal, state and international levels, ranging from newly enacted statutes to massive regulatory enforcement...more
On September 18, 2023, a U.S. District Court judge in the Northern District of California granted a preliminary injunction enjoining California’s attorney general from enforcing California’s California Age-Appropriate Design...more
Welcome to the third edition of our AI Legal News Summer Roundup! After five class actions were filed between June 28 and July 11 (as reported on in our first edition of this series), on July 21, another class action lawsuit...more
As many businesses prepare to renew their insurance policies, considerations of consumer privacy rights ought to be top of mind. The Colorado Privacy Act - Scope - Foley Hoag has previously written about the Colorado...more
FTC Publishes Blog Post That Could Expand Data Breach Notification Requirements – On May 20, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a blog post suggesting that, in certain instances, a company may have to do...more
Keypoint: This week there were hearings on bills in Maryland, Rhode Island and Vermont, and the Oklahoma bill was assigned to the same committee where a similar bill died last year....more
Keypoint: Utah is on the cusp of becoming the fourth state to pass consumer privacy legislation while Florida’s bill is now through one chamber. Utah- Utah is on the cusp of becoming the fourth state to pass consumer privacy...more
Keypoint: This week the Utah Senate and Wisconsin Assembly passed bills, the Florida House Judiciary Committee advanced HB9, new bills were introduced in Connecticut and Kentucky, and Virginia lawmakers passed a VCDPA...more
Keypoint: This week new bills were introduced in Arizona, Iowa, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin, bills were voted out of committee in Florida, New York, and Ohio, and there was more movement on the VCDPA amendment bills....more
Keypoint: This week lawmakers introduced new bills in Georgia, Hawaii and Oklahoma, the Indiana Senate passed a bill out of committee, and hearings were held on bills in Alaska, Maryland, and Washington. Below is our third...more
Keypoint: Lawmakers introduced new bills in Florida, Washington, Indiana and the District of Columbia. The list of jurisdictions considering consumer data privacy bills in 2022 continues to grow with lawmakers introducing...more
A new trend in privacy and cybersecurity laws is the introduction of safe harbor clauses for aligning data protection controls to recognized data privacy and cybersecurity frameworks. OHIO HB376: In July 2021, Ohio...more
Keypoint: This week the Colorado Senate passed the Colorado Privacy Act, the Nevada legislature passed a bill to broaden the state’s pre-existing right to opt out of sales, and the New York Privacy Act advanced to a third...more
Keypoint: This week the Connecticut Senate Appropriations Committee and New York Consumer Protection Committee passed their bills, and the Nevada Assembly passed its bill, which would broaden Nevada’s pre-existing right to...more
Keypoint: This week an amended version of the Colorado Privacy Act unanimously passed out of committee, Alaska’s House held another hearing on its bill (and scheduled another hearing for May 12), Connecticut’s bill was tabled...more
* Update, February 5, 2021: Senate Bill 1392 has been passed in the Virginia Senate. As noted, an identical companion bill previously was passed by the House of Delegates. If Governor Northam signs off, the Virginia Consumer...more
Shook Weighs in on Updated CCPA Regulations - In response to extensive public comment, the California Attorney General’s office released modified draft regulations under the CCPA on February 7. Shook has provided initial...more
Florida lawmakers have proposed data privacy legislation that, if adopted, would impose significant new obligations on companies offering a website or online service to Florida residents, including allowing consumers to “opt...more
Those interested in keeping up with the latest news impacting the California Consumer Privacy Act have been heavily focused on AB 25, and its potential to exclude employees from the scope of the CCPA. In a marathon late-night...more
Federal US News - FTC Takes Action Against Companies Falsely Claiming Compliance With International Privacy Agreements - The FTC reached a settlement with a background screening company over allegations it falsely claimed...more