The U.S. is one of the easiest jurisdictions in the world in which to do business and continues to be the world’s top destination for foreign direct investment. Regulatory barriers are generally low, establishing a branch or...more
2/17/2026
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Business Formation ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Data Privacy ,
Doing Business ,
Export Controls ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Investment ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Jurisdiction ,
Regulatory Requirements
On February 5, 2026, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) released a concept paper, “Accelerating the Adoption of Software and Artificial Intelligence Agent Identity and Authorization.” The paper...more
2/11/2026
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Best Practices ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Emerging Technologies ,
Multi-Factor Authentication ,
NIST ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Software
Our cross-sector team was on the ground in Las Vegas last month for CES 2026 to better understand the business and technological environment our clients face. Innovation is always the theme of CES, but this year the pace and...more
2/9/2026
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Augmented Reality ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Emerging Technologies ,
Innovation ,
Innovative Technology ,
Internet of Things ,
Machine Learning ,
Robotics ,
Spectrum ,
Telecommunications
As the holiday season ushers in its busiest months, retailers and fashion brands are confronting a marketplace reshaped by rapid technological disruption, shifting regulatory expectations, and increasingly savvy consumers. AI...more
12/19/2025
/ Advertising ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Brand ,
Copyright ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Fashion Industry ,
Greenwashing ,
Innovative Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Marketing ,
Payment Systems ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Retail ,
Retailers ,
Sustainability ,
Sustainable Business Practices ,
Third-Party Risk ,
Trademarks ,
Vendors
What is Living Mobility? It is easier to say what it is not. The automotive and mobility industry is no longer focused on the traditional vehicle. Not only are the vehicles changing but we are now focused on mobility:...more
11/21/2025
/ Automotive Industry ,
Connected Cars ,
Emerging Technologies ,
Infrastructure ,
Innovative Technology ,
Public Transit ,
Public Transportation ,
Sustainability ,
Sustainable Business Practices ,
Technology Sector ,
Transportation Industry
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has entered into a settlement with Chegg, Inc., requiring the ed-tech provider to pay $7.5 million to resolve claims that it violated both the FTC Act and the Restore Online Shoppers'...more
Living Mobility: Redefining How We Move and Live -
What is Living Mobility? It is easier to say what it is not. The automotive and mobility industry is no longer focused on the traditional vehicle. Not only are the...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a final rule limiting data transfers to China, Russia, and other designated “countries of concern.” The rule establishes a new national security program that bans specific types of...more
As the festive season heralds lights on storefronts and fills shopping carts around the world, the retail and luxury sectors find themselves navigating unprecedented change. Consumer expectations among various demographics...more
The U.S. remains on course to restrict a broad range of cross border data transfers to China, Russia, and other designated countries. On October 21, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...more
Get ready for U.S. limits on cross border transfers. Departing from decades of established policy encouraging uninhibited global data flows, the U.S. Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries (PADFA) Act of 2024...more
On May 14, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) sent automakers a clear message: connected cars, and the data collection, use, and sharing activities surrounding the technology, are on its radar. In doing so, the FTC...more
In March, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) board narrowly voted in favor of updated draft regulations on automated decisionmaking technology (ADMT) and risk assessments, along with proposed updates to existing...more
The Biden Administration has issued an executive order to curtail access by China, Russia, and other countries of concern to Americans’ sensitive personal data. The Department of Justice and other agencies are tasked to take...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has banned Rite Aid from using facial recognition technologies for surveillance for five years, demonstrating the FTC’s expectations regarding deployments of biometric and artificial...more
Amidst the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping, retailers are continuing to herald digital mediums to spread holiday cheer to shoppers worldwide.
The Hogan Lovells Retail and Fashion team is delighted to bring you our...more
As part of our Consumer Horizons series, we conducted a webinar on the legal implications of artificial intelligence in the consumer business. Our speakers James Denvil, PJ Kaur, Florian Unseld and Leo von Gerlach looked into...more
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has officially released the initial version of its Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF). The AI RMF is one of the first international...more
New York City’s Local Law 144 prohibits employers and employment agencies from using “automated employment decision tools” (AEDTs) to assess hiring and promotion decision unless such tools have undergone an independent bias...more
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking to update and strengthen its rules requiring telecommunications carriers and interconnected Voice over...more
The White House has issued its Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signal Intelligence Activities (“EO”), which provides additional due process protections to the use of surveillance mechanisms by U.S....more
10/10/2022
/ Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Privacy ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Intellgence ,
International Data Transfers ,
National Intelligence Agencies ,
Personal Data ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
Surveillance
To date, employee data has been largely exempt from the requirements of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). However, effective January 1, 2023, the Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), will remove the...more
On August 24, 2022, the California Attorney General’s Office (“AG”) issued a press release regarding a settlement with Sephora, Inc. over allegations that the company violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and...more
8/29/2022
/ Adtech ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Privacy ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fines ,
Personal Information ,
Retail Tracking ,
Sephora ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Statutory Violations
In today’s digital world, we often desire to have people consent to documents by merely pasting an image of a signature into a document, clicking a virtual button on a web site or mobile phone, or relying upon the...more
Momentum is growing for a federal privacy law in the United States. A bipartisan group of House and Senate leaders have released a discussion draft of a baseline consumer data protection legislation. The American Data...more