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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

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Employers Turn to AI to Screen Candidates’ Social Media: Best Practices to Minimize Legal Threats

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Roughly 70% of employers now screen social media profiles as part of the applicant screening process – but manually scrolling through Facebook posts, X feeds, and Instagram photos is time-consuming and inconsistent. Enter...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Healthy AI: 2025 Year in Review

Artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare may have reached an inflection point in 2025. After being defined by proofs of concept and isolated pilots for more than a decade, recent advances signal that AI is moving decisively...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

A&O Shearman

UK JMLSG Final Amendments To Part 1 of AML/CFT Guidance

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The UK Joint Money Laundering Steering Group (JMLSG) has published final amendments to Part I of its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) guidance for the financial services sector. This follows the...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - February 2026 #1

News Briefs - Physicians Seeing Major Benefits to Using Ambient AI Scribes - Ambient AI scribes are being hailed by physicians as a game changer that helps free them to focus on their patients rather than their computer...more

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Without Fanfare or Opportunity for Public Comment, GSA Changes Cybersecurity Requirements for Contractors

In a recent update to internal procedural guidance, the General Services Administration (GSA) has established a new framework of security requirements and privacy controls for contractor information systems that process,...more

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter

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

Clark Hill PLC

The Learned Concierge - February 2026, Vol. 27

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Welcome to your monthly legal insights on the trends impacting the Retail, Hospitality, and Food & Beverage Industries. ...more

K&L Gates LLP

Singapore's New Model AI Governance Framework for Agentic AI (2026)

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Singapore has introduced the world’s first comprehensive governance framework for agentic artificial intelligence (AI)—systems capable of autonomous reasoning, planning, and action. Unveiled on 22 January 2026 at the World...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

When AI Clicks “Pay”: The Emerging Compliance Risks of Agentic Commerce

AI-driven “agentic commerce” is no longer theoretical. Today’s AI assistants can already search for products, compare options, populate shopping carts, check out, initiate payment, and make returns, all on behalf of a person...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Major HIPAA Security Rule Changes on the Horizon: Is Your Healthcare Organization Ready?

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Why Now? The Rising Cyber Threats Driving HIPAA Reform- In December 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) proposed the first significant update to the HIPAA Security Rule...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Eighth Circuit affirms summary judgment in favor of mortgage servicer

On February 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit affirmed a district court’s summary judgment order in favor of a mortgage servicer in a dispute under the FCRA. The plaintiffs sued their servicer, alleging it...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

California attorney general launches surveillance pricing probe

On January 27, the California attorney general announced an investigative sweep targeting businesses’ use of consumer personal information to engage in surveillance pricing. The initiative is focused on whether companies are...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

Bipartisan Enforcement Is Rising In Consumer Finance

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In December, the Democratic Attorneys General Association, or DAGA, announced that it hired Rohit Chopra to lead its new Consumer Protection and Affordability Working Group. Originally published by Law360 - February 5,...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

GSA Joins the CUI Compliance Movement: What Non-Defense Contractors Need to Know

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Key point: Historically, civilian‑agency contractors who handled Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) enjoyed an informal compliance environment, with a requirement to adhere to NIST SP 800‑171 often framed as...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Reminder: HIPAA Notices of Privacy Practices Must Be Updated By February 16, 2026

As we move closer to the February 16 deadline, this is a reminder for HIPAA covered entities to confirm they are on track to update their Notice of Privacy Practices (“NPP”) to comply with the finalized federal requirements...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

2025 Year in Review / 2026 Look Forward – Hong Kong Employment Law

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The year 2025 has seen significant developments in employment law in Hong Kong. This article provides a quick glance at the major changes introduced during the year and offers insights into anticipated changes as we...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

Ballard Spahr LLP

Florida Launches Enforcement Unit Targeting Foreign Data Collection

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On February 5, 2026, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the creation of a first-of-its-kind specialized civil and criminal unit, named Consumer Harm from International and Nefarious Actors or “CHINA” for short....more

Wiley Rein LLP

Congress Reauthorizes CISA 2015 Through September – But Then What?

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The landmark Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015) has been reauthorized retroactively from its original September 30, 2025 expiration for a limited one-year period. This development was the result of the...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

South Carolina Enacts Age-Appropriate Design Code Act

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Key point: The law, which went into effect at signing, contains significant design and development requirements, requires independent third-party audits, and can be enforced against officers and employees. On February 5,...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Who Counts as a "Consumer"? Supreme Court Set to Decide Key Privacy Law Question

In a move that could reshape privacy law nationwide, the U.S. Supreme Court announced on January 26, 2026, that it will take up a challenge to the Sixth Circuit’s recent decision affirming the dismissal of a case under the...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Gouvernail des données de Blakes : Hiver 2026

Voici l’édition de l’hiver 2026 de l’infolettre Gouvernail des données de Blakes, une publication du groupe Protection de la vie privée et des données de Blakes, que nous publions à la suite de la Semaine de la protection des...more

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter

Have a Federal Registration Number? Better Update It Now

Let’s state the obvious. The FCC’s use of mandatory Federal Registration Numbers was a bad idea from the start. It became monumentally worse today, when the FCC quietly announced that anyone whose Federal Registration...more

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