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Maine Joins Three Northeastern States in Regulating Workplace Electronic Monitoring

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Maine Governor Janet Mills recently allowed LD 61 – An Act to Regulate Employer Surveillance to Protect Workers – to become law without her signature. This law, which takes effect this summer, applies to all Maine employers,...more

International Lawyers Network

Privacy New Year’s Resolutions

The Bottom Line - Privacy compliance obligations continue to grow and expand, so businesses should revisit their privacy compliance programs regularly....more

Baker Donelson

HHS Compliance Deadline Approaching for Updated Part 2 Record Protections

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Introduction and Summary - HHS issued a final rule modernizing 42 CFR Part 2 to implement the CARES Act and more closely align with HIPAA's Privacy, Breach Notification, and Enforcement frameworks. The rule permits a single,...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Constangy’s 10 must-read articles of 2025

Even if you read them at the time, you’ll want to read them again. In 2025, organizations faced significant developments in the areas of immigration, workplace policies, federal enforcement, and data privacy. ...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (January 21, 2026): Wiley

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FTC Sues Online Question-and-Answer Service Company and Its CEO for Allegedly Misleading Business Practices. On January 13, the FTC filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

Lively v. Wayfarer Parties/Baldoni – Requests to Seal, Unseal, and a “Bottom-Line Order”

Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC, 2026 WL 145483 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 20, 2026), is the latest in a long line of discovery and other decisions in this matter. The court wrote: “Before the Court are various requests for sealing and...more

White & Case LLP

New frontiers: How AI is transforming the life sciences industry - Patient, Commercial And Regulatory Concerns

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While the implementation of AI is growing apace, obstacles to deeper adoption still remain. These pressure points are consistent across subsectors: protecting sensitive data; integrating tools with legacy systems; clarifying...more

BakerHostetler

Washington State’s 2026 Tech Legislative Agenda: What In-House Counsel Should Watch

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The opening weeks of Washington’s 2026 legislative session have yielded a flurry of technology-focused bills spanning privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, online safety and data governance. While not all of these...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Countdown to Compliance: Navigating 2026 Privacy Laws and Regulations

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U.S. states continue to crank out consumer privacy laws and regulations. Although only three new comprehensive consumer privacy laws are currently slated to take effect in 2026 (compared to the eight that took effect in...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Part 2 Privacy Compliance Deadline Approaching: Is Your Organization Ready?

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Through its rulemaking authority, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has set February 16, 2026 as the deadline for compliance with the new rules governing Substance Use...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Countdown to Data Privacy Day 2026: Understanding the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA): What Businesses Need to Know

The California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) was enacted in 1967 to protect individuals from unauthorized wiretapping and eavesdropping. Originally intended to target wiretapping and telephone communications, CIPA has since...more

TNG Consulting

When the Image Isn’t Real: Addressing AI-Generated Explicit Photos

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Sexually explicit photos are appearing more often in educational environments. Whether the images are real (authentic) or fake (synthetic, including AI-generated or “deepfake”), the harm they cause can be significant. When...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Navigating the 2026 CCPA Updates

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Navigating the 2026 CCPA Updates - As forecasted, effective January 1, 2026, businesses that are subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) must comply with newly-updated regulations. For some businesses,...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 7, Issue 1, 2026

Welcome to our first issue of 2026 of Decoded -- our technology law insights e-newsletter. As we embark on our seventh year of publishing Decoded, we hope you have found the content interesting and insightful. 2026...more

A&O Shearman

The Future Of Agentic AI And Its Data Protection Implications: The UK ICO's Initial Assessment

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Agentic AI heads towards the mainstream - As the democratisation of AI continues apace, organisational deployment of AI agents is rapidly becoming a reality. To take one example, in September last year OpenAI announced the...more

MoFo Tech

AI Trends For 2026 - Navigating the Patchwork of Laws and Risks When Using AI Tools for Employment

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Employers are increasingly deploying AI tools to streamline key HR functions, from resume screening to performance management and other workforce functions. In 2026, these tools are no longer experimental; some companies are...more

DLA Piper

Innovation Law Insights - January 2026

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Report - New edition of DLA Pipers' Gambling Laws of the World - The new edition of DLA Piper's Gambling Laws of the World guide is now available. Covering almost 50 jurisdictions, the guide looks into topics on...more

Thompson Coburn LLP

Navigating AI Adoption in Health Care: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

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Artificial intelligence was certainly a hot topic of 2025 and will continue to be so in 2026 and beyond. Many health care organizations are eagerly adopting AI-enabled tools that promise to deliver efficiency and improved...more

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Governor Hochul Signs Bill Greatly Restricting Use of Consumer Credit History in Employment Decisions

On December 19, 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law Senate Bill 3072 (S3072) amending New York’s General Business Law to substantially restrict the use of an applicant’s/employee’s credit history in employment...more

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The Great DPDPA Challenge: Why ‘Legally Compliant’ Will Still Leave You ‘Operationally Exposed'

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In November 2025, Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules were notified, and since then our feeds have been flooded with summaries, expert opinions about the 18-month timeline, the penalties, and the new grievance forms...more

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A New Era of US Privacy Enforcement Has Only Just Begun: 2025 Trends and Outlook for 2026 and Beyond

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2025 was one of the most active years in recent memory for US state-level privacy enforcement. California and Texas led the way, and we anticipate Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, and New Jersey to emerge...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

AI, Privacy, and Cybersecurity in Digital Health: A CEO Playbook for Reducing Risk While Scaling Fast

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Digital health and telehealth companies are scaling faster than regulators can write rules. AI-driven clinical workflows, remote monitoring, virtual care platforms, and data intensive patient engagement tools are now core to...more

King & Spalding

Navigating Recent Developments in the Health Information Technology Sector

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New litigation and federal government policy statements demonstrate the ever-evolving nature of the health information technology landscape. These new developments will impact how businesses operating in the health...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Navigating the California Consumer Privacy Act: 30+ Essential FAQs for Covered Businesses, Including Clarifying Regulations...

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On Jan. 1, 2026, new regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) took effect, significantly expanding compliance requirements for businesses. Considered one of...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

CalPrivacy’s Latest Data Broker Crackdown: Three Practical Takeaways for Companies

The California Privacy Protection Agency has issued two new enforcement decisions that underscore its expanding focus on data broker accountability under the Delete Act. In actions announced on January 8, 2026, CalPrivacy...more

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