NYC Enforcement Blitz, CA Surveillance Pricing, and PA Criminal History Rule Update - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
The Privacy Insider Podcast Episode 23: How CalPrivacy Balances Enforcement, Transparency, and Innovation with Tom Kemp of the California Privacy Protection Agency
2026 Trends to Watch: Regulation, Infrastructure and IP in Motion
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Privacy, Breaches, and Data Monetization — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The Briefing: Part Two: CCPA’s New Rules on Risk Assessments and Cybersecurity Audits
We get AI for work™: Analyzing "Brewer v. Otter.ai" — A Case Study of the Legal Risks of AI Note Takers
We get Privacy for work — Episode 13: Demystifying Data Mining
We get AI for work™: New Efforts to Ensure a National AI Policy
The Compliance 911 Show
The Privacy Insider Podcast Episode 22: The Data Privacy of the Dead & Critiquing the Digital Divine with Carl Öhman of Uppsala University
No Password Required: CISO at RSA and Champion of a Passwordless Future
From Diligence to Post-Closing: What’s Shifting in 2026 Health Care Transactions
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Health Care Financing Compliance, Regulatory, and Privacy Pitfalls — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Health Care Financing Compliance, Regulatory, and Privacy Pitfalls — The Consumer Finance Podcast
From Showroom to Server Room: AI in Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Navigating Employee Data Responsibly: What’s the Tea in L&E?
AI, Algorithms, and Accountability: Unpacking the Colorado AI Act with Senator Rodriguez — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Navigate the Money Matrix in Our Upcoming Series: Privacy, Security, and AI Explained — The Consumer Finance Podcast
No Password Required: Virtual CISO at Trace3 and Roller Derby Penalty Box Visitor
Block & Order | Building on Layer 1 with Jennie Levin: Algorand, Policy Shifts & Tokenization’s Future
Key point: The Utah legislature just passed a first-of-its-kind digital identity law that gives residents new rights over what personal information they share when verifying their identity. If your business chooses to...more
Recruiters who contact candidates by text message should take note of a recent decision out of the Western District of Virginia. In Kattato v. Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., No. 7:23-CV-00485 (W.D. Va. Feb. 23, 2026), the...more
Dynamic and personalized pricing are reshaping how companies approach revenue optimization, but these strategies now face the headwinds of growing regulatory scrutiny....more
As schools across the country prepare for spring break, the Fisher Phillips K-12 Education Practice Group has five data privacy steps you can take before you pack up so you can have fun in the sun without worrying about this...more
In our latest national state law update, we review state laws that have gone into effect or were enacted in 2026. Below is a non-exhaustive summary of major state laws that have gone into effect so far in 2026. Employers...more
For the second time in a week, California privacy regulators announced a significant fine against a business for failing to satisfy California Consumer Privacy Act’s (CCPA) “clear and conspicuous” opt-out requirements. The...more
California’s 2026 privacy rules unfurled a thicket of confusing and potentially onerous requirements around risk assessments, cybersecurity audits, and AI governance. But businesses will vary dramatically in which obligations...more
On March 5, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Draft or Draft NPRM) that, if adopted at the March 2026 Open Commission Meeting, would propose a new framework for...more
Nebraska AG Mike Hilgers has sued Roblox Corporation, alleging the company violated the Nebraska Consumer Protection Act and Nebraska Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act by misleading parents and children about the...more
How in-depth has your entity reviewed its third-party payor agreements? Have your billing team, Compliance Officer, Privacy Officer, and Legal team all been made aware of requirements or, better yet, were they involved in the...more
Executive Summary: A major new study by researchers at Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, Northeastern, and other leading institutions tested what happens when AI agents — the kind that can send emails, run software,...more
This update is intended as a follow-up to the Coblentz 2025 Mid-Year Privacy Report’s discussion of California privacy enforcement themes. Since our 2025 mid-year privacy report highlighted the CPPA’s (now CalPrivacy’s)...more
AI-enabled smart glasses – which combine eyewear with real-time audio, video, and AI functionality – are now entering the workplace. They provide productivity and accessibility benefits by allowing users to capture...more
Biotech and digital health teams working in Europe sometimes find that the hardest General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) question in clinical research is not whether the law applies (it does), but how the different views...more
The Washington Post has published a report detailing a whistleblower complaint alleging that a former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employee stole two complete databases from the U.S. Social Security...more
California continues to drive national privacy and data governance standards, and with only three months into 2026, the new year is proving to be an active regulatory, enforcement and litigation year. ...more
Don’t hate me but I actually really like when the time changes. I feel weird waking up at 4 am. Now I wake up at 5 am like a normal person. And when I woke up this morning I was so happy to see this beautiful map had been...more
Key point: (1) Courts grapple with nonstatutory damage claims in “broken banner” cases; (2) Courts dismiss CIPA claims where plaintiffs failed to explain delays; (3) New privacy litigation trend takes off as two courts deny...more
Illegal call blocking and labeling by the carriers and analytics engines must stop. The end. R.E.A.C.H. filed a petition with the FCC last year seeking to accomplish just that. To date, however, no action by the Commission....more
The FTC recently issued a COPPA enforcement policy statement regarding age verification. This statement adds to the children’s patchwork, which we recently wrote about. The statement also comes in advance of the April 22,...more
In December 2024, the FTC announced two separate settlements against Mobilewalla, Inc. and Gravy Analytics, Inc., asserting that the two companies were unlawfully tracking and selling sensitive location data from users...more
Last week, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA” or the “Agency”) continued its active enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) with its announcement of two new settlements – the first with PlayOn...more
A recent order in Shah v. MyFitnessPal, Inc. suggests that some courts may be looking at CCPA to understand California consumers’ privacy expectations. The case arises from the increasingly common allegations focused on...more
On February 18 2026, the Spanish supervisory authority (the AEPD) published guidance on Agentic Artificial Intelligence systems (the Guidance)....more
On March 3, 2026, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA or "Agency") Board issued a decision requiring PlayOn Sports to pay a $1.10 million fine and change its practices following a settlement reached by the Agency's...more