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Understanding Dark Patterns in Digital Entertainment

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When it comes to digital entertainment, international companies often face the challenge of adapting features to comply with different jurisdictions' legal requirements. The use of countdown timers next to digital items...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

FCC Announces Effective Date for Broadband Reclassification

On May 22, 2024, a notice and summary of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) recent decision to reclassify broadband Internet access service (“BIAS”) as a Title II telecommunications service was published in the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Mile-High Risk: Colorado Enacts Risk-Based AI Regulation to Address Algorithmic Discrimination

On May 17, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (SB 205)("CAIA"), a measure passed out of the legislature on May 8 and now scheduled to become effective February 1, 2026. The...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Why The Secrecy? U.S. Privately Held Manufacturers Can Benefit From Revealing More Information On Their Websites

Stop me if you have seen this before. You visit the website of a U.S. privately held manufacturer, and you click on the “About Us” page (if one exists) to find only generic information that could describe any manufacturing...more

Lerman Senter PLLC

FTC Proposes Updates to COPPA Rule

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The FTC is proposing significant changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) rule to place new restrictions on the use and disclosure of children’s personal information. The COPPA Rule requires websites...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Doing Business in Québec

Our Doing Business in Québec guide provides an overview of the legal framework governing Canadian business operations in the province of Québec. This guide provides up-to-date information about the following topics: •...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Challenges to Google's Collection of Web Browsing Data Survive Motion to Dismiss

A class action lawsuit will proceed against Google over its collection of data from users browsing in "incognito mode," as District Judge Lucy Koh denied Google's motion to dismiss on March 12, 2021. In Brown v. Google, Judge...more

Goodwin

Sustainable Finance In Luxembourg — What Managers Should Do Now

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Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 of 27 November, 2019 on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector, as amended by Regulation (EU) of 18 June, 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate...more

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ESG And The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation

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As part of the EU’s strategy on climate change following the Paris Agreement of 2015, a number of EU regulations have been enacted in the past 12 months. From the fund management industry’s point of view, the two most...more

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Australia's Two Modern Slavery Acts

The Australian Government has launched an online register that publishes companies’ statements on their compliance with the country’s Federal Modern Slavery Act of 2018. The website, which is searchable and available to the...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Twists in the Plot: California AG releases Final CCPA Regulations

With a little time to consider the finalized California Consumer Privacy Act regulations released by the California Attorney General on August 14, 2020, it is clear that some last-minute negotiations (or perhaps just some...more

Dechert LLP

Newsflash: CCPA Regulations are Finalized and Approved with a Few Notable Changes

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The California Attorney General announced on August 14, 2020 that the final regulations (Final Regulations) under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) had been approved by the California Office of Administrative Law (CA...more

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7 Tips to Make Your Website CCPA Compliant

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On Friday, California's Office of Administrative Law officially approved final regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), arguably the nation’s most comprehensive legislation governing the collection,...more

Hogan Lovells

Spanish DPA on Use of Cookies: Continued Browsing is Consent

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On November 8, the Spanish data protection authority (AEPD) published new Guidelines on the Use of Cookies (Guidelines) (Spanish only). The Guidelines have been prepared in collaboration with different organisations in the...more

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Not Even Bots Are Safe From California Law Makers

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In October 2018, California passed the Bolstering Online Transparency Act (BOT Act), which prohibits online bots from hiding their identities in order to appear as a human user. The human-like persona is used to deceive...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

SEC Eases Path for Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Launches

In an effort to modernize the regulation of ETFs, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) announced today its adoption of Rule 6c-11 (the New Rule) which establishes a clear and consistent framework for the...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

OFCCP Adds Ombudsman And New Webpage To Increase Transparency

The OFCCP continues its efforts to become more transparent. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs recently took two more steps to improve transparency at the agency. First, the Department of Labor...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

California’s Bot Transparency Law Goes into Effect on July 1, 2019

...On July 1, 2019, California’s new bot disclosure law will take effect, requiring bots to be upfront about their inhumanity. The law prohibits bots from communicating with a person in California with the intent to mislead...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

A Wake Up Call for Hospital Boards

The Georgia Legislature recently passed House Bill 321 (the Act) adding a new code section (O.C.G.A. §31-7-22), which imposes significant financial and business transparency requirements on certain hospitals in Georgia,...more

White & Case LLP

Japan likely to seek more transparency from digital platform businesses

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On May 21, 2019, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ("METI"), Japan Fair Trade Commission ("JFTC") and Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications ("MIC") jointly published reports that provide options for...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Years in the Making: The Health Resources & Services Administration Launches a Website to Increase Pricing Transparency in the...

If you overheard Medicaid providers breathe audible sighs of relief on April Fool’s Day, it may be because on April 1, 2019, the Health Resources & Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Bavarian Data Protection Supervisory Authority Concludes After “Safer Internet Day Raid” that Investigated Companies Fail to...

The Bavarian Data Protection Authority (“BDPA”) took the “safer internet day” in February 2019 as an opportunity to conduct privacy checks on website operators....more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Reminder: New Brown Act Online Agenda Requirements in Effect Jan. 1

Beginning Jan. 1, 2019, all local agencies subject to California’s open meeting law known as the Brown Act must comply with new online agenda posting requirements. Adopted by Assembly Bill 2257, Government Code section...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

#Transparency: California’s Social Media DISCLOSE Act

With the backdrop of November midterm elections and social media executives testifying before Congress about foreign efforts to interfere in U.S. democracy, California lawmakers are working on finalizing a new bill aimed to...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Net Neutrality Order Deep - Dive: Open Internet Rules Repealed, Transparency Requirements Remain, FTC Role over Broadband Privacy...

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In this Client Alert, we provide a deep dive on the FCC’s recent Declaratory Ruling, Report and Order, and Order, that largely repeals the so-called “Open Internet” regulatory framework implemented by the prior FCC Chairman...more

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