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The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued its first ever financial penalty under its new direct consumer enforcement powers. The decision signals the start of a new and more aggressive era of consumer...more
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: • AG Coalition Challenging Nexstar-TEGNA Merger Goes...more
On April 30, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted an Order fundamentally revising how satellite systems share spectrum in the Ku and Ka bands, replacing the decades-old Equivalent Power Flux Density...more
On April 30, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) initiated two rulemakings to address national security vulnerabilities in its equipment authorization process and to close loopholes that have allowed foreign...more
Artificial intelligence is actively shaping how disputes arise. One of the most significant emerging risks is the use of “deepfakes.”...more
In the category of how technology can be fun, yet dangerous, a 19 year old college student alleges that the dating app Meete took a video she innocently posted on TikTok of her high school graduation, then “overlayed it with...more
Summary - On May 5, 2026, the German federal government published to certain stakeholders the ministerial draft of the Media Investment Obligation Act (Medieninvestitionsverpflichtungsgesetz – “MedienInvestVG” or the...more
I recently wrote a blog post on what not to do during your divorce. One important “don’t” highlighted in that post was airing your divorce online or on social media. Given the permanency of the internet, a growing number of...more
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) efforts to combat illegal robocalling are poised to expand soon, with the FCC adopting a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (KYC FNPRM) by a 3-0 vote at the April 30, 2026 FCC...more
Five more states—Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Vermont—joined California AG Rob Bonta’s lawsuit challenging Nexstar Media Group’s $6.2 billion acquisition of TEGNA, making the coalition bipartisan....more
Connecticut AG William Tong praised the state General Assembly’s passage of Senate Bill 5, which was proposed in part by his office and Governor Ned Lamont to curb addictive social media features for minors and strengthen...more
The DOJ issued regulations which were set to take effect in April 2026 requiring state and local government bodies – including public schools – to make their websites and mobile content accessible for people with...more
Online privacy litigation continues to surge—and professional sports is one of its most visible battlegrounds. In the past two years, the NBA fought a data-sharing lawsuit, the Chicago Cubs faced biometric privacy claims over...more
As synthetic media becomes more convincing, cyber risk is expanding beyond our systems and into perception itself. Impersonation events challenge the architecture of “traditional” cyber insurance, which is built around...more
Companies offering generative AI chat technologies to consumers should consider what protections apply under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the federal Stored Communications Act (SCA) and how they should...more
When Apple announced the iPhone 16 in 2024, it advertised that it would be “the first iPhone built for Apple Intelligence.” Apple touted several AI features and advertised that Apple Intelligence is “Available Now.”...more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week. Federal Activities: On May 1, the...more
If 2025 was the year website-tracking claims became impossible to ignore, 2026 is the year those cases began to mature. Courts are looking beyond whether a pixel, cookie, chat tool, or session-replay script was present on a...more
Entering into a consent decree with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) can provide an opportunity for a broadcast station to start a new license term with a clean slate. But a recent Order on Reconsideration (Order)...more
On April 22, 2026, the House Energy & Commerce Committee released the “Securing and Establishing Consumer Uniform Rights and Enforcement over Data Act” (the “SECURE Data Act”). The SECURE Data Act seeks to establish a...more
On April 23, 2026, the Second Circuit issued a multi-part decision addressing copyright infringement claims involving a website’s embedding of social media video posts and display of video screenshots, reversing the lower...more
As social media becomes an increasingly powerful tool for brand engagement, it also presents a growing legal minefield – particularly in the realm of copyright infringement. In recent years, intellectual property litigation...more
Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres announced that control of the franchise will be passed to an ownership group led by investor couple Kwanza Jones and José E. Feliciano, a few months after the family of the team's late...more
As I celebrate the 24th anniversary of my blogging this week, I thought I’d share my ten cents about dealing with journalists since I’ve been quoted through the years quite a bit. During the height of the Sarbanes-Oxley...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that the Department of War (DoW) has granted conditional approvals for certain routers, uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), and UAS critical components, exempting those...more
