On February 25, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued an Enforcement Policy Statement Promoting the Adoption of Age-Verification Technology signaling a significant shift in its enforcement approach under the...more
3/3/2026
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Figuring out that you hired the wrong person is always jarring. But what if the “wrong person” was never who they said they were at all? ...more
2/9/2026
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Data Protection ,
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On April 3, 2025, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released two memoranda, M-25-21 and M-25-22, regarding federal agencies’ use and acquisition, respectively, of artificial intelligence (AI) systems....more
12/8/2025
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On September 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) published a final rule that will shake up cybersecurity compliance for DoD contractors. The new rule formally incorporates the Cybersecurity Maturity Model...more
9/23/2025
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NIST ,
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Supply Chain
In July 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Board unanimously approved new regulations pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that specifically address the use of automated decisionmaking...more
8/8/2025
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Selling ,
Data-Sharing ,
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On June 6, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States released two decisions on its emergency docket with serious implications for federal agencies, companies that do business with the government, and the data of millions...more
6/18/2025
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Personally Identifiable Information ,
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SCOTUS ,
Social Security Administration (SSA)
In anticipation of the June 20, 2025, effective date of the New York Child Data Protection Act (NYCDPA), the Office of the New York State Attorney General (OAG) recently released implementation guidance that provides critical...more
6/17/2025
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On March 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14242 directing the Secretary of Education “to the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law, [to] take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of...more