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Florida Legislature Considers Strict Caller ID Requirements on Companies

In Florida’s 2026 legislative session, both chambers will consider bills that would impose strict requirements for caller identification on businesses. The bills target both telecommunications companies and the callers....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

New Year New Risk Assessment - Key Learning Points from Ofcom’s Year 1 Online Safety Risk Assessments Report

The UK's online safety regulatory framework reached a significant milestone in 2025 with the first wave of risk assessments submitted under the Online Safety Act (OSA). Ofcom has now published its Year 1 Online Safety Risk...more

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SFO’s novel restitution route returns £400,000 to victims

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On 8 January 2026, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that it will return £400,000 to nine victims of a global email fraud dating back more than two decades. The move, achieved through a civil recovery order under the...more

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NSW Expands Surveillance Powers and Introduces Public Interest Protections

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The NSW Government has announced legislative reforms that will enhance the surveillance powers of investigative agencies including NSW’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)....more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Sports Sponsorships in 2026: Key Insights from Don Shelkey

As the sports industry looks ahead to 2026, sponsorship agreements are becoming more complex, more strategic, and more closely scrutinized. We sat down with Doneld “Don” Shelkey, a leading sports sponsorship and commercial...more

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No Password Required: CISO at RSA and Champion of a Passwordless Future

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Rob Hughes, the CISO at RSA, has more than 25 years of experience leading security and cloud infrastructure teams. In this episode, he reflects on his unconventional career path, from co-founding the original Geek.com and...more

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Supreme Court Ruling Signals Trouble Ahead for Anti-SLAPP Statutes in Federal Court

On Jan. 20, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant ruling about when certain state statutes may apply in diversity actions in federal court. In Berk v. Choy (24-440), the Supreme Court addressed a Delaware statute...more

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Launch of new mobile-themed gTLD extension

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Almost twenty years after the launch of the generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) .MOBI, a new mobile-themed gTLD has just been introduced: .MOBILE....more

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EU Code of Conduct on Online Reviews for Tourist Accommodation: soft law as a first step against fake reviews

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The European Commission has developed a Code of Conduct on Online Reviews and Ratings for Tourism Accommodation in the European Union as a first, non binding response to the growing problem of fake online reviews in the...more

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FCC Announces Wide-Ranging New Controls on Drones and Drone Components

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On 22 December 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a significant expansion of its national-security controls on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly referred to as drones. ...more

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When AI Becomes Accomplice: Shanghai Court Holds Developers Criminally Liable for Chatbot Content

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When developers manipulate artificial intelligence systems to bypass ethical safeguards and generate explicit content for profit, can they be held criminally responsible for what the machine produces? A Chinese court has...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

The California Legislature’s Push for More Privacy and AI Regulations

California’s 2025 legislative session ended with a familiar message to businesses: privacy compliance is expanding in scope, and artificial intelligence (AI) governance is moving quickly from voluntary best practices to...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

California Trial Court Decision Provides Long-Awaited Relief from CIPA Claims

A new California trial court decision offers website operators some long-awaited relief in the ongoing wave of website privacy suits under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). In early December, the Los Angeles...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FBI Warns of North Korean Quishing Campaign

As we have warned before, threat actors using QR codes in attacks against victims continue to rise. To illustrate the risk, on January 8, 2026, the FBI issued a FLASH alert, entitled “North Korean Kimsuky Actors Leverage...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #475 – Gmail Users Urged to Switch Off New Smart Features Over Privacy Concerns

Gmail users are being urged to review and disable two key “Smart Features” settings following privacy concerns stemming from reports that these tools may allow Google to access email content to support AI‑driven services and...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FCC extends robocall consent revocation rule waiver to January 2027

On January 6, the FCC issued an order extending the waiver of a rule that would require callers to treat a consumer’s request to revoke consent to robocalls or robotexts as applicable to all future communications from that...more

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Florida Federal Court Greenlights Nationwide Digital Wiretapping Claims: 5 Steps Businesses Should Take Now

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Another federal court just gave privacy plaintiffs exactly what they’ve been looking for: a green light to pursue nationwide digital wiretapping claims based on common website tracking practices. In a January 14 decision in...more

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FCC Announces Seminal Enforcement Action for Violating Team Telecom Commitments

On January 8, 2026, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)announced the resolution of a first-of-its-kind enforcement action targeting Marlink Inc. (Marlink) for violations of its international section 214 and earth...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

The US Supreme Court To Resolve Circuit Disputes On Administrative Enforcement Powers

On January 9, 2026, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in three cases to resolve disputes regarding the scope of administrative enforcement powers by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Communications...more

Thompson Coburn LLP

AI Hallucinated Me. If You Are a Writer, It May Hallucinate You

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Artificial intelligence programs can “hallucinate”—make things up. We’ve seen that when lawyers have had AI write their legal briefs, and the resulting documents cite totally fictitious “hallucinated” precedents. Because of...more

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The State AG Report – 01.15.2026

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • GOP AGs Support Letting States Chart the Course on...more

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Ninth Circuit rules Telephone Consumer Protection Act does not prohibit texts with optional video content

On January 13, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action lawsuit challenging unsolicited text messages containing video files under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act...more

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Spanish DPA Highlights Privacy Risks in GenAI Content Creation

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Earlier this month, the Spanish Data Protection Authority (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, or AEPD) issued new guidance on the privacy and data protection risks associated with uploading images or photos – whether...more

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Not All Drones After All: FCC Exempts Certain Foreign-Made Drones and Critical Components from Covered List and Issues Guidance...

On January 7, 2026, the U.S. Department of Defense, also referred to as the U.S. Department of War (DoW), and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued several follow-on items to the FCC’s December 2025 action that...more

Fenwick & West LLP

No Red Flags Here: Eleventh Circuit Holds Notice and Takedown Requests Do Not Amount to Red Flag Knowledge

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In the precedential case Athos Overseas Ltd. Corp. v. YouTube Inc. et al., the Eleventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment in favor of YouTube, holding that notice and takedown requests, even in high numbers, do not give a...more

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