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Mayer Brown

FCC’s January Actions Intensify National Security and Foreign Ownership Oversight

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The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) closed January with multiple actions that collectively increase transparency around foreign ownership and toughen national security-oriented compliance expectations—developments...more

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FCC Urges Communications Providers to Strengthen Ransomware Defenses

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On January 29, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC” or the “Commission”) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued a Public Notice (DA 26-96) to highlight best practices that communications providers...more

Saul Ewing LLP

New Jersey's Revised Legal Notice Requirements Effective March 1, 2026

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On June 30, 2025, Governor Murphy signed into law P.L. 2025, c. 72, which significantly modifies New Jersey's statutory framework governing the publication of legal and public notices. The legislation modernizes longstanding...more

Hogan Lovells

AI and copyright: UK outlook for 2026

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In this article we take a look at what to expect in 2026 in the area of AI and UK copyright, including key judgments, legislative proposals and other developments on the horizon....more

Troutman Amin LLP

NICE WIN!: LiveVox “Manual Click” Solution Determined Not to be an ATDS as PRA Earns Summary Judgment in TCPA Suit

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Honeymoon? What honeymoon. Let’s talk ATDS cases! Haven’t seen a good ATDS ruling in a while. Here’s one! In Wofford v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC 2026 WL 124312 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 16, 2026) the court ruled a LiveVox...more

Offit Kurman

Flirting with Divorce: Social Media’s Silent Role in Broken Vows

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Valentine’s Day is marketed as a celebration of love—roses, cards, public tributes, and carefully curated posts declaring devotion. Yet before posting a perfectly worded caption, sending a private message, or striking up a...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Gaming Industry IP News: Tencent’s Light of Motiram goes dark in settlement, the end of a 15-year Nintendo legal battle, Sega sues...

The holidays may have been a time for many of us to relax, but the legal teams in the gaming industry certainly stayed busy. Tencent’s Light of Motiram Goes Dark in Settlement - We’ve been following the proceedings in...more

Hogan Lovells

Exclusivity, scarcity and transparency: Legal boundaries of limited-edition luxury offers

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Scarcity is not a by-product of luxury—it is one of its defining features. High-end brands deliberately limit production, control distribution channels and restrict points of sale to preserve exclusivity, desirability and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

California Communications Infrastructure Update

As we look ahead to 2026, there are a number of active regulatory proceedings before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) pertaining to communications network infrastructure. These rulemakings cover a wide array...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Consent Defeats Wiretapping Claims

As our readers know, the use of internet tracking technologies on consumer-facing websites is widespread. Utilization of these third-party tracking tools, however, has led to a proliferation of lawsuits alleging that...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Reforms to UK Data Protection and Privacy Laws Come into Force

On February 5, 2026, key reforms to the UK’s data protection regime came into force, effectuating a departure from certain aspects of the EU regime and underscoring an emerging divergence between the UK and EU frameworks....more

Hogan Lovells

UAE Introduces New Child Digital Safety Law - What Online Platforms Need to Know

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The United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) has introduced a new and wide-reaching framework for protecting children online under Federal Decree-Law No. 26 of 2025 Regarding Child Digital Safety (the “CDS Law”). The CDS Law entered...more

Wiley Rein LLP

UPDATED: Keep Your FRN Information Up to Date

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As we flagged on February 6, new rules took effect on February 5, 2026, requiring any entity or individual with an FCC Registration Number (FRN) to update their FRN contact information in the FCC’s Commission Registration...more

Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report – 02.05.2026

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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: •AG Campbell Cancels Crypto Kiosk Crooks - •AG Coalition...more

MoFo Tech

AI Trends for 2026 – Congress Signals Heightened Oversight of AI

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Divided government and a lack of consensus on how to move forward on comprehensive AI legislation means that Congress is instead pivoting to focus on industry oversight, narrow bills on AI policy, and requests for additional...more

Troutman Amin LLP

ODDBALL: Three Quick Take Aways You Might Have Missed from the Ninth Circuit’s Huge Ruling in Howard

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So the biggest new TCPA decision of 2026 so far is definitely Howard v. RNCC out of the Ninth Circuit. In that case the court held cold call video messages sent by Republicans to potential voters did NOT violate the TCPA...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

New EU cybersecurity package: What the proposed reforms mean for companies in the EU

Although presented as a simplification exercise, the proposed NIS2 amendments would amount to a substantive recalibration. The emphasis is on legal certainty and convergence, while formally retaining NIS2 as a...more

Jenner & Block

Media Organizations Face New Risks from DOJ

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In April 2025, Attorney General Pam Bondi signaled the Department of Justice’s (the “Department” or “DOJ”) heightened interest in pursuing “improper leaks” of “protected” government information and, to do so, relaxed DOJ’s...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Keep Your FRN Information Updated: FCC Fines Could Add Up Quickly

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Effective February 5, 2026, any entity or individual with an FCC Registration Number (FRN) must update its FRN contact information in the FCC’s Commission Registration System (CORES) within 10 days of any change to such...more

Hogan Lovells

Insights from CES 2026

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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

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FCC Issues a Welcome Clarification on FRN Order

As noted last week, the FCC announced in a robocall proceeding that all individuals and entities that have a Federal Registration Number (FRN) in the FCC’s CORES database are now required to update it within ten business days...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Big Game Advertising Questions

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Q: Why do companies refer to the Super Bowl as The Big Game in their advertising? A: Because the Super Bowl is trademarked, but The Big Game is not. Of course news outlets can use either term under the fair use doctrine,...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

SCOTUS to clarify who qualifies as a “consumer” under Video Privacy Protection Act

The Video Privacy Protection Act became law decades ago, at a time when consumers physically visited and then rented movies on VHS tape or DVD at video rental stores. The impetus for the law was protecting the privacy of...more

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Congress Targets Scam Ads on Social Platforms

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The SCAM Act- A new bipartisan bill — the Safeguarding Consumers from Advertising Misconduct (the SCAM Act) — could fundamentally change how social media companies run their ad businesses. Introduced on Feb. 4, 2026,...more

Franczek P.C.

Illinois Appellate Court Clarifies When a FOIA Request Is “Received” If Quarantined by Email Security Software

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Takeaway: Public bodies should treat a FOIA request as “received” the moment it enters their email system, not when it is discovered after being quarantined, filtered, or otherwise delayed internally. To avoid missing...more

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