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No Password Required: From Heavy Metal to the Front Lines of Cyber Innovation
The Privacy Insider Podcast Episode 16: Protecting Privacy at Every Walk of Life with France Bélanger and Donna Wertalik of Virginia Tech
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Tracking Trends in State-Level Consumer Protection Enforcement
Podcast - An Overview of State Attorney General Consumer Protection Enforcement
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Trending Now: An IP Podcast - Cease and Desist Letters: Protecting Your Intellectual Property the Right Way
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No Password Required: From AOL to Award-Winning Cuisine to High-Stakes Hacking
(Podcast) The Briefing: Who Owns WallStreetBets? Trademark Use in Commerce and the Reddit Battle
The Briefing: Who Owns WallStreetBets? Trademark Use in Commerce and the Reddit Battle
How Startups Can Comply With Ever-Changing Privacy Laws
Compliance Needs are Alive and Well: FTC's Recent Enforcement Activity
No Password Required: Reginald “Andre” Andre, CEO of ARK Solvers and Builder of Human + AI-Driven Culture
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Litigation Communications Strategies for High-Stakes Cases: On Record PR
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The Impact of the Election on the FTC
What Every Law Firm Leader Can Learn from Law Day and the Perkins Coie Ruling: On Record PR
LEGAL ALERT | NAD Finds Kevin Hart’s Social Media Disclosures Insufficient in Monitoring Decisions
By the end of November, Character.AI will stop letting anyone under 18 chat freely with its bots. No more late-night conversations with virtual friends, no more two-hour therapy sessions with imaginary Freud. The company says...more
California once again sets the pace in consumer privacy and digital-platform regulation with the enactment of Assembly Bill 656 (“AB 656” or the “Act”), detailing new obligations for large social-media platforms to facilitate...more
The Federal Circuit’s latest ruling in In re Motorola Solutions, Inc. solidifies the discretionary authority of the USPTO director over inter partes review institution decisions, underscores the limited scope of judicial...more
In Brown v. Old Navy, LLC, 567 P.3d 38 (Wash. 2025), the Washington Supreme Court recently interpreted the state’s Commercial Electronic Mail Act to prohibit any false or misleading information in the subject line of a...more
In defamation action brought against Netflix based on documentary stating that plaintiff was involved in the sexual assault and abuse of a former employee, California appeals court affirms striking of complaint because...more
A personal injury claim refers to a legal action brought by someone who has suffered an injury caused by another's negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct. A large number of California's roughly 50,000 Homeowners...more
On October 24, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida dismissed a lawsuit alleging promotional text messages sent to a consumer’s phone violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The...more
Recent bipartisan privacy and online safety initiatives reflect growing concern over youth mental health, online exploitation, and manipulative digital design. Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team outlines how companies...more
On October 31, the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General (OAG) announced a $2.8 million settlement with a real estate company. The settlement resolved claims that the company and its principals violated the Garden State’s...more
On October 9, 2025, the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") and the European Commission issued (for public consultation) joint guidelines clarifying how the EU’s Digital Markets Act ("DMA") and General Data Protection...more
After the United States Supreme Court’s decision in McKesson, readers of this blog know that companies facing Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) allegations have raised challenges to these claims on grounds...more
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has reached a $530,000 settlement with Sling TV, marking the first enforcement action under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) against a streaming service....more
Healthcare Risk Management recently interviewed Woods Rogers Principal Mike Gardner for its November issue cover story on recent disciplinary actions against healthcare workers for offensive social media posts. These...more
A federal court in Illinois recently transferred a Washington resident’s putative class action to Washington, finding the Northern District of Illinois lacked jurisdiction over a Washington-based defendant, Northwest Bath...more
We recently had the great good fortune to host a live AD Nauseam podcast at the 2025 ANA Masters of Advertising Law conference with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Melissa Holyoak and National Advertising Division...more
Technologies such as Wi-Fi, 5G and 4G LTE, and high-fidelity video streaming are ubiquitous in modern products. In fact, a huge portion of everyday technologies is based on technical standards like these, and that portion is...more
On October 31, the Superior Court of the State of California approved the attorney general’s proposed settlement with an internet-based live TV company and media streaming service resolving allegations that the companies...more
In August 2025, a pair of California parents filed suit in California state court against OpenAI (Raine v. OpenAI, Inc.) after the death of their teenage son, alleging that the company’s generative-language model played a...more
With AI rapidly transforming how ads are created, targeted, and delivered, legal risks are evolving just as fast. In this webinar we’ll help you stay ahead of the curve by unpacking how AI intersects with existing laws (e.g.,...more
California’s Attorney General has been taking swift action against businesses that make it difficult for consumers to opt-out of data collection practices. In a lawsuit filed last week, the AG claimed that streaming service...more
While advertisers are awaiting the Federal Trade Commission's revisions to the Green Guides, the National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs continues to review environmental advertising claims through its...more
“Maple washing” and “maple glazing” are buzzwords gaining traction online and in the news, reflecting a rise in Canadian-inspired marketing of a wide variety of goods and services across the country....more
Welcome to your monthly legal insights on the trends impacting the Retail, Hospitality, and Food & Beverage Industries....more
Retail participation in futures, forex and swaps has accelerated markedly in recent years, propelled by low-cost access, mobile platforms and growing interest in crypto-referenced instruments, event contracts and micro-sized...more
Artificial intelligence (“AI”) continues to transform society in ways beyond imagination. It is rapidly becoming clear that AI pervades every aspect of society, and criminal activity has been no exception. AI is now...more
