Social media influencing is an estimated $30 billion annual global industry, with brands increasingly electing to partner with influencers over traditional marketing channels.
But, while social media and influencer...more
With the increase in AI-related litigation and regulatory action, it is critical for companies to monitor the AI technology landscape and think proactively about how to minimize risk. To help companies navigate these...more
The District of Massachusetts recently issued an opinion decertifying a class of medical students formerly enrolled at Saba University School of Medicine, a for-profit medical school in the Dutch Caribbean that is...more
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) recently issued an advisory clarifying that existing Massachusetts law applies to artificial intelligence (AI) to the same extent as any other product in the stream of...more
6/27/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Breach of Warranty ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Enforcement ,
False Advertising ,
Machine Learning ,
Misrepresentation ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Proposed Rules ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
As noted in previous installments in our ongoing series on U.S. privacy laws, the sector-specific and activity-specific model for U.S. privacy regulation is rapidly changing, with individual states recently enacting...more
In this third installment on the enforcement of U.S. consumer data privacy laws, we focus on the role of private litigants. Following our discussions of state and federal government enforcement, this post focuses on the third...more
7/12/2023
/ Arbitration ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Breach of Contract ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Class Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
DPPA ,
Enforcement ,
Privacy Laws ,
Securities Fraud ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
Video Privacy Protection Act ,
Wiretapping
Earlier this month, in Plastic Surgery Associates, SC v. Cynosure, Inc., United States District Judge Denise Casper denied plaintiffs’ motion for class certification and allowed Cynosure’s motion for summary judgment on...more
8/21/2019
/ Affirmative Defenses ,
Causation ,
Chapter 93A ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Commonality ,
Damages ,
Fraudulent Marketing ,
FRCP 23(c)(4) ,
Healthcare ,
Medical Devices ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Summary Judgment ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices