Rethinking Records Retention
A Less is More Strategy for Data Risk Mitigation
Data Retention and Document Holds
Healthcare Document Retention
The NYDFS Updates Its Stringent Cybersecurity Regulations. Is This a Bellwether of Coming Industry Change? - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Spring Cleaning for Legal Teams: The Cloud and Defensible Deletion of Data
M365 in 5 – Part 7: Teams Audio/Video (A/V) Conferencing
M365 in 5 – Part 6: Teams Channels – The virtual collaboration workspace
M365 in 5 – Part 5: Teams Chats – Modern communications
M365 in 5 – Part 4: Teams – An introduction to collaboration
M365 in 5 – Part 3: OneDrive for Business – Protected personal collaboration
M365 in 5 – Part 2: SharePoint Online – The new file-share environment
M365 in 5 – Part 1: Exchange Online – Not just a mailbox
Sitting with the C-Suite: Information Governance and eDiscovery - Key Compliance Issues for In-House Counsel
Sitting with the C-Suite: Trial Teams – Narrowing Data through Centric Search
Sitting with the C-Suite: Normalizing Business Practices through Litigation Data
Compliance Perspectives: Regulatory Conflicts in Data Privacy Laws
Jones Day Presents: Effect of GDPR, CCPA, and FTC on Blockchains
[WEBINAR] Public Records Act - Taming the Email Tiger
E14: The Three Pillars of GDPR
A new lawsuit just filed against Otter.ai underscores the legal and compliance risks companies face when using AI notetakers – and serves as a good reminder to deploy best practices to reduce your risks. The August 15 case...more
On Aug. 14, 2025, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued a Consent Decree announcing that Healthplex, Inc. (Healthplex) has agreed to pay a $2 million fine, as a result of an investigation into a 2021...more
The comprehensive consumer privacy laws of Minnesota and Tennessee have recently taken effect, with the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (MCDPA) operative as of July 31, 2025, and the Tennessee Information Protection Act...more
The SEC’s amended Regulation S-P, adopted last year, will soon enhance data privacy protections for broker-dealers, investment companies, registered investment advisors, and transfer agents. The updated rule requires these...more
On January 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a press release confirming that it has finalized changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule). These changes will set new requirements...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced two significant enforcement actions last week – one against data broker Mobilewalla, Inc. and the other against data analytics provider Gravy Analytics, Inc. (and its subsidiary...more
Recent decisions by the French data protection authority (CNIL) have highlighted the importance of GDPR compliance, particularly in the areas of data retention, consent for processing sensitive personal data, and marketing...more
Generative artificial intelligence legal applications have arrived. They include everything from automated contract drafting to effective on-demand clause-level search. And more are coming to the market every day. But are...more
Blaming a "data retention glitch," Microsoft has agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission $20 million to settle allegations that the company's Xbox gaming system has illegally collected personal information from children...more
Getting into compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) can seem like an overwhelming task. After all, the law is comprised not only of a dense statute and detailed regulations, but the amendment effective...more
On March 29, 2023, California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Board’s initial package of regulations under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)....more
In Mora v. J&M Plating, Inc., No. 2-21-0692, 2022 IL App (2d) 210692 (Ill. App. Ct. 2d Dist. Nov. 30, 2022), the Illinois Second District Court of Appeals held that Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA or Act)...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On November 30, 2022, the Illinois Second District Appellate Court reversed the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in Defendant’s favor in a case entitled Mora v. J&M Plating, Inc. The lawsuit was...more
Google will spend the next three years with an independent compliance monitor scrutinizing its process for responding to warrants and other government data requests. This and other requirements are part of a settlement...more
This is the third in a series of articles about the implications of the California Privacy Rights Act for employers. - On January 1, 2023, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) will go into effect and California...more
On November 3, 2020, California voters approved Proposition 24, a ballot initiative which enacted the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”). The CPRA amends the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), the most sweeping...more
Patrick Tracey and Doug Radigan will be the speakers for the webinar “A Brave New World: Corporate Policies & Procedures Post-COVID” presented by the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Northeast. Recent experience, as...more
Wrapping up our M365 in 5 Foundation series with Lighthouse, this episode concludes our Teams overview with a dive into functionality and controls of audio/video conferencing capabilities, including the integration of chats,...more
In this episode, Reed Smith’s Anthony Diana and Therese Craparo, with John Holliday from Lighthouse, continue the discussion of Team functionality. Hear about how Teams Channels are changing the way organizations work and...more
Hear more about Teams from Anthony Diana and Trevor Satnick of Reed Smith and John Collins from Lighthouse in a discussion of the enhanced functionality of M365’s new instant messaging platform, including persistent chats,...more
Anthony Diana and Erika Kweon from Reed Smith are joined by John Collins from Lighthouse to provide an introduction to Teams and how it is transforming the way organizations are working and communicating....more
Join Reed Smith’s Anthony Diana and Trevor Satnick, with John Holliday from Lighthouse, in a conversation about OneDrive for Business and how organizations can use it for personal document storage, such as giving other users...more
Anthony Diana and Trevor Satnick from Reed Smith, joined by Lighthouse’s John Holliday, discuss the enhanced file share and collaboration functionality in SharePoint Online, including real-time collaboration, access controls...more
Tune in for the launch of our M365 in 5 Foundation Series for a primer on what legal, compliance and C-suite executives need to know about M365 apps and tools. Listen to Reed Smith’s Anthony Diana and Therese Craparo – and...more
Last Thursday, the Seventh Circuit issued its fourth opinion in two years addressing Article III standing in the context of Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The court handed the plaintiff in Thornley v....more