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The Digital Download | Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Newsletter | May 2026

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The Digital Download provides a quarterly snapshot of emerging issues at the intersection of privacy, cybersecurity, and data strategy. It brings together Alston & Bird’s thought leadership, publications, events, and firm...more

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New Frontiers in PFAS Litigation: Standing, Disclosure, Function, and the Lessons of Cavalier v. Apple

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In a previous article, we surveyed the growing wave of PFAS false advertising class actions sweeping industries from pet food to outdoor apparel. A ruling issued this March underscores how fast this issue is developing. In...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Wiley Consumer Protection Download (May 19, 2026)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection enforcement and regulation. We cover developments with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB...more

Hinch Newman LLP

FTC Sends Warning Letters to Companies About TAKE IT DOWN Act Compliance

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On May 20, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it has sent warning letters to a dozen websites advising them of their obligation to comply with the TAKE IT DOWN Act (TIDA), which requires platforms to give...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Is Anyone Listening? CIPA Wiretap Claims Survive Dismissal

Readers of this blog are well aware of the rise in consumer privacy litigation involving California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) wiretap claims. Because CIPA is a broadly worded statute, California courts continue to...more

Hinckley Allen

Media Law Resource Center: When Celebrity Doctors Aren’t Celebrities: The Public Figure Question in Colker v. Callis

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A federal judge in Connecticut has ruled that a defamation action brought by a celebrity doctor associated with WWE founder Vince McMahon may proceed. On March 13, 2026, Judge Sarah F. Russell denied a motion to dismiss in...more

Kilpatrick

5 Key Takeaways | Mad Men, Meet the Law: Advertising Rules, Risks and Realities

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Kilpatrick Partners Laura Miller and Ty Lord and Hanesbrand’s Harris Henderson (Vice President, Deputy General Counsel) recently spoke at the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Charlotte Chapter on the topic of “Mad Men,...more

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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New...

June 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming to place their Annual...more

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Texas Attorney General Targets Music Streaming “Payola”: What The Civil Investigative Demands Signal For

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On April 22, 2026, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that he has issued Civil Investigative Demands (“CIDs”) to five major music streaming platforms—Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, Amazon Music, and YouTube...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FTC’s TAKE IT DOWN Act Stakeholder Letter Signals Heightened Compliance Priority

The spread of AI generated intimate imagery has turned what was already a serious online safety issue into a fast- moving platform governance problem. The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) latest stakeholder letter makes clear...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Le Commissariat publie des documents d’orientation sur le contrôle de l’âge

Le 4 mai 2026, le Commissariat à la protection de la vie privée du Canada (le « Commissariat ») a publié deux projets de documents d’orientation sur le « contrôle de l’âge », visant à offrir aux enfants une expérience en...more

A&O Shearman

ICO sets out approach to storage, access and online tracking

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On April 29, 2026, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published guidance on the use of storage and access technologies. The guidance follows consultations in 2025 and accounts for changes to storage and access...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

OPC Releases Draft Age Assurance Guidance

On May 4, 2026, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) released two draft guidance documents on “age assurance,” aimed at supporting safer and more age-appropriate online experiences for children while...more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

Whyte Monkee Productions, LLC v. Netflix, Inc.

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Following panel rehearing, Tenth Circuit affirms district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Netflix and Royal Goode Productions on all claims regarding use of plaintiffs’ videos in hit docuseries Tiger King,...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Court rejects argument that Telephone Consumer Protection Act does not cover text messages

On April 22, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona granted in part and denied in part a defendant’s motion to dismiss a complaint alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) as well as...more

Alston & Bird

Fintech Case Files | May 2026

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The latest edition of the Fintech Case Files, our roundup of key litigation and enforcement involving the payments and fintech industries, features the latest challenges and uncertainty around Illinois’s Interchange Fee...more

Wiley Rein LLP

May 19 Deadline for TAKE IT DOWN Act Compliance: Is Your Company Prepared?

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is poised to begin enforcement of the TAKE IT DOWN Act (the “Act”), the first comprehensive federal enforcement scheme to address nonconsensual intimate imagery ("NCII") appearing on online...more

A&O Shearman

European Commission announces digital age verification app

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On April 15, 2026, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen issued a statement (the Statement) announcing that the European Commission has developed a digital age...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Gimme Shelter: OPDP’s 2026 Letters Show There’s No “Shelter” From FDA Scrutiny Targeting DTC Ads That Obscure Risk

Key Takeaways - The Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (“OPDP”) is scrutinizing overall “net impression,” not merely isolated claims. The recent wave of Untitled Letters shows that...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Seeing Stars – Welcome to the Age of Enforcement Under the FTC’s Rule on Reviews and Testimonials!

When the Federal Trade Commission published the final Rule on the Use of Consumer Reviews and Testimonials (the “Rule”) in late 2024, I waited with bated breath for the other shoe to drop; this felt like the dawning of a new...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

One frame is enough: Second Circuit narrows de minimis use, limits fair use at pleading stage

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part a judgment on the pleadings, clarifying that the de minimis doctrine does not apply where the copyrighted work is identifiable in the...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Transformative documentary use, work made for hire doctrine defeat copyright claims

Elaborating on the application of the fair use doctrine in the documentary context, the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed summary judgment after determining that seven of the eight works at issue were works...more

Maynard Nexsen

Treasury Announces Deadline Extensions Available for Capital Projects Fund Broadband Buildouts

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Relief may be on the way for service providers facing continued economic and regulatory hurdles to complete broadband buildouts supported by the U.S. Treasury’s Capital Projects Fund (CPF). Treasury recently announced that it...more

Kilpatrick

Barking Up the Right Tree: NAD Reinforces Made in USA Claim Rules, How to Fit Evidence to Claims, and More in Wide-Ranging Premium...

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In the increasingly crowded premium pet food market, the battle for "clean label" supremacy often turns on the fine print of processing and sourcing. A recent challenge by The Farmer’s Dog against Sundays for Dogs (Case...more

Cozen O'Connor

Indiana Takes On Roblox, Discord Over Child Safety Claims

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Indiana AG Todd Rokita sued Roblox and Discord for allegedly violating the Indiana Deceptive Consumer Sales Act by marketing their platforms as safe for children while failing to implement sufficient protections against...more

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