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A Legislative and Enforcement Outlook for Mental Health Chatbots

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A concept once confined to speculative and science fiction, artificial intelligence (AI) therapists – in the form of online chatbots – now exist and are available for use in the present day. Some of them have been developed...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: What’s Next for State AI Regulation

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States are playing a critical role in the development of AI policy in the United States, as serious legislative efforts at the federal level remain stalled. The Trump Administration and Republican Congress have signaled they...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

New York’s FAIR Act Set to Expand Consumer Protection

The New York State Legislature recently passed the Fostering Affordability and Integrity through Reasonable Business Practices Act (“FAIR Act”), a sweeping update to New York’s consumer fraud statute (GBL § 349)—the first in...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

New York’s FAIR Business Practices Act—Another State Consumer Protection Domino?

Months after the CFPB—under departing chair Rohit Chopra—released a playbook encouraging states to toughen their consumer protection laws and enforcement, New York has responded, passing the Fostering Affordability and...more

Offit Kurman

The “One Big Beautiful” Bill and the State of AI Regulation

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After several weeks of back and forth on a potential 10-year moratorium on state or local AI legislation and regulation enforcement, the final version of the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law on July 4,...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Virginia Is For Health-Privacy Lovers? Broad Reproductive Health Data Amendment May Add Unintended Compliance Obligations

Virginia S.B. 754, now effective, amends the Virginia Consumer Protection Act to prohibit unauthorized collection and disclosure of non-HIPAA reproductive and sexual health information. The law notably includes a broad scope...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Amended Maine Right to Repair Lawsuit in Limbo Until Jan. 2026

The lawsuit brought by the Alliance for Automotive Innovation (“Auto Innovators”), a trade association representing automotive manufacturers and suppliers in the United States, seeking to block a 2024 right to repair law...more

Shipkevich PLLC

Attorney Fee Sharing Prohibited? California Bills Take Aim at ABS and Consumer Legal Funding

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The California Legislature is moving forward with two bills that would meaningfully reshape the boundaries of consumer legal funding and legal advertising practices in the state. Assembly Bill 931 and Senate Bill 37, while...more

Gardner Law

FDA Signals Interest in Defining Ultraprocessed Foods

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In June 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it is evaluating whether to formally define the term ultraprocessed food (UPF)—a move that could influence future labeling regulations, public health guidance, and...more

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States Move Ahead With MAHA Agenda for Ultra-processed Food

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As the Trump Administration considers what actions to take in response to its May 22, 2025 Make Our Children Healthy Again (MAHA) Assessment, state legislatures are taking action to regulate what they consider...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

US Senate Rejects AI Enforcement Moratorium

Earlier this month, the US Senate voted 99-1 to strike a key clause in a sweeping Republican domestic policy bill that sought to impose a ten-year moratorium on states’ enforcement of artificial intelligence regulations. Had...more

Goldberg Segalla

NY Packaging Legislation Gets Wrapped up in Red Tape Again

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Last month, the New York State Assembly demurred from taking up a vote for the second time on the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (“PRRIA”). The PRRIA was designed to cause a restructuring of the life...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Ad Law News and Views - June 2025

In our most recent ​“Junk Fee” Legislative Roundup, we noted that the Connecticut legislature had introduced a bill that could require companies to include mandatory fees in their prices. On June 10, 2025, Connecticut’s...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Rhode Island Enacts Ban on Reporting Medical Debt to Credit Bureaus

On June 26, Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee signed companion bills S 0169 and S 0172 into law, twin measures that amend the state’s Deceptive Trade Practices Act and Interest and Usury statute to impose some of the nation’s...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Nevada’s Price-Fixing Bill Veto Sparks Debate

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In a recent political development in Nevada, Governor Joe Lombardo vetoed Assembly Bill 44, a legislative effort aimed at curbing alleged price-fixing practices on essential goods and services championed by Nevada Attorney...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Troutman Pepper Locke Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter – July 2025 # 2

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more

Mayer Brown

States Dialing in on Mortgage Trigger Leads

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In a notable trend in state consumer financial regulation, state legislatures are increasingly seeking to regulate a variety of marketing and advertising practices, rather than limiting their regulatory focus limited to the...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

State AGs and Legislatures Aren’t Taking a Summer Break From Consumer Protection and Financial Services Regulation

As the federal government scales back certain consumer protection and enforcement initiatives, state attorneys general and legislatures are rapidly filling the void — introducing new legislation, launching enforcement actions...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Newly Enacted Food Ingredient Disclosure Laws: Texas and Louisiana Reshape Food Labeling Compliance Landscape

In June 2025, Texas and Louisiana each enacted legislation mandating new label disclosures for foods containing a number of food and color additives, raising federal preemption and First Amendment questions. Both states have...more

Stoel Rives - Global Privacy & Security Blog®

AI Legislative Developments: Early Days or Tipping Point?  

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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Florida Closes the Door on “Quiet Hour” Email Claims Under the FCCPA

Over the past few years, we’ve seen a wave of consumer lawsuits filed under Florida’s Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA), many of them alleging violations of the law’s “quiet hours” provision based solely on the timing...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Maine amends law to ban medical debt reporting to credit bureaus

On June 9, the governor of Maine approved LD 558, which prohibits medical creditors, debt collectors, and debt buyers from reporting consumer medical debt to consumer reporting agencies. The new law replaces previous...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Louisiana and Connecticut Advance Earned Wage Access Laws

Louisiana and Connecticut recently passed legislation establishing regulatory frameworks for earned wage access (EWA) providers. Connecticut’s SB 5140 passed the legislature on June 4 and awaits Governor Ned Lamont’s...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Nevada Enacts Law Allowing Remote Licensing for Internet Consumer Lenders

On May 28, Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo approved SB 437, creating a new framework for internet-based consumer lenders that lend to Nevada residents. The law defines an “Internet consumer lender” as any entity that exclusively...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Limón Wins the Vote—But Not the Gavel Just Yet

On June 9, 2025, California State Senate Democrats voted in caucus to elect Sen. Monique Limón (D-Goleta) as the next president pro tempore. She is set to succeed current Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire in early 2026,...more

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