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AI Legislative Developments: Early Days or Tipping Point?  

If tracking AI legislation is giving you whiplash, you’re not the only one....more

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Looking Back at 2024's Noteworthy State AG Litigation

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State attorneys general across the U.S. took bold steps in 2024 to address unlawful activities by corporations in several areas, including privacy and data security, financial transparency, children’s internet safety, and...more

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State AGs and the FTC Warn of 23andMe Risks Following Bankruptcy Announcement

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Several state attorneys general (AGs) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have begun scrutinizing ancestry tracking company 23andMe following its recent announcement that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. As part of...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

2024 State AGs Year in Review

In 2024, state attorneys general (State AGs) focused on a broad variety of areas and industries including, in particular, emerging industries such as artificial intelligence (AI) and privacy and social media protections....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

California AG Issues Legal Advisory Regarding Use of AI in Healthcare

On January 13, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a legal advisory (the Advisory) providing guidance to healthcare providers, insurers, vendors, investors, and other healthcare entities that develop, sell, and...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

NYAG Enforcement Outlook – What to Expect in 2025

The New York Attorney General (NYAG) is expected to increase enforcement actions in 2025, especially with the enactment of several new laws designed to strengthen consumer protection and employment. At the federal level, the...more

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A Landmark Lawsuit in Data Privacy: Texas v. Allstate

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In a groundbreaking enforcement action, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Allstate Corporation and its subsidiary Arity, alleging systematic violations of the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act...more

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MoFo’s State + Local Government Enforcement Newsletter (December 2024)

Morrison Foerster’s State and Local Government Task Force is pleased to provide our bimonthly newsletter summarizing some of the most important and interesting developments from state attorneys general (State AGs) across the...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

The Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act: Minnesota Becomes the 18th State to Enact a Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law

On May 24, 2024, Governor Walz signed into law the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (MNCDPA). This landmark law is the first set of comprehensive consumer privacy standards specific to Minnesota residents. The law will...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Colorado AG Issues Guidance on Data Security Best Practices

The Colorado AG recently issued guidance on practices companies should consider to safeguard consumer data. This guidance was issued in response to companies asking what “reasonable” security means. While noting that the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Silver Medal in Consumer Privacy Race Goes to … Virginia?

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Virginia seemingly came out of nowhere on the consumer privacy front and now appears to be just days away from becoming the second state in the nation, behind California, to pass comprehensive consumer privacy legislation....more

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New Privacy Division Created by Massachusetts Attorney General

Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) Maura Healey announced the creation of a Data Privacy and Security Division, focusing on protecting consumers from privacy and security breaches and threats. AG Healey named Sara Cable as...more

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We're Getting Closer: AG Releases New Modified CCPA Draft Regulations

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra wasted no time in issuing new modified draft regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), announcing new draft regulations on March 11, 2020 – just two weeks after...more

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California Attorney General’s Second Set of Modified CCPA Regulations: Undoing, Redoing, Clarifying

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Here we go again. On March 11, 2020, the California Attorney General (AG) published a second set of modifications to its Regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act. Unlike the AG’s modifications from just last...more

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Sweeping New California Data Privacy Law Takes Effect

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On January 1, 2020, the landmark California Consumer Protection Act ("CCPA") took effect. The CCPA imposes specific rules regarding how certain for-profit companies doing business in California collect, store, and use...more

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CCPA Revised Regulations

California Attorney General (AG) Xavier Becerra released revised draft regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) late last week. The AG will accept comments on the revisions until February 25, 2020. The...more

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California AG issues modifications to proposed CCPA Regulations

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On February 7, 2020, the California Attorney General’s (AG) Office released modifications to the proposed regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).  The modifications incorporate amendments to the CCPA signed...more

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California AG Issues Modified CCPA Regulations

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On Friday, February 7, 2020, the California Attorney General’s (AG) Office released modified regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).  The modified regulations incorporate amendments to the CCPA signed into...more

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Cybersecurity 2020 — The Year in Preview: Top 3 State AG Trends to Watch in 2020

Editors’ Note: This is the fifth in our fourth-annual end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity in the coming year. Our previous entry discussed the CCPA, energy, Brexit, and health...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Developments from California: AG Estimates Costs of CCPA Compliance as CCPA Authors Contemplate Round II

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The California Attorney General recently published a report assessing CCPA compliance costs.  The report attempts to quantify the monetary value of consumers’ personal data, and estimates the total value of personal data...more

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Interactive Counsel Newsletter: Privacy Report: FBI Issues Updated Ransomware Guidance

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FBI Issues Updated Ransomware Guidance - A recent report from New Zealand-based cybersecurity firm Emsisoft has revealed the extent to which ransomware is being used in cyberattacks in the United States. The first 9 months...more

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The California Attorney General’s proposed regulations on the California Consumer Privacy Act – a helpful roadmap on how to...

On October 11, 2019, the California Attorney General issued long-awaited draft Regulations to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The draft Regulations provide helpful clarity on some core aspects of California’s...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

California Enacts Sweeping New Privacy Law

On June 28, 2018, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA or “the Act”), which is the broadest and most comprehensive privacy law enacted in the United States to date.1 The CCPA...more

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