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Kaufman & Canoles

K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - May 2026 #2

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Blake Lively has settled her claims accusing Justin Baldoni's production company of orchestrating a smear campaign after she accused her It Ends With Us co-star of sexually harassing her, the actors announced in a joint...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Let’s Go to The Session Replay Booth!

Readers of this blog are well aware of the uptick in consumer privacy claims surrounding the online use of session replay and other similar tracking technology. Allegedly aggrieved consumers typically claim that the use of...more

DLA Piper

California’s GM Settlement: Has Data Minimization Finally Arrived?

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On May 8, 2026, California Attorney General Rob Bonta — joined by the District Attorneys of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Napa, and Sonoma Counties, with support from the California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) —...more

Clark Hill PLC

California Announces Record $12.75 Million CCPA Settlement with GM Over Connected Vehicle Data

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On May 8, 2026, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, together with several California district attorneys and the California Privacy Protection Agency, announced a $12.75 million settlement with General Motors and its...more

FBT Gibbons LLP

Agentic Commerce, Price Control, and the New Antitrust Questions

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Agentic commerce arrives in a field that has spent the better part of 40 years catching up to digital markets, and is now catching up to AI. Antitrust law is built almost entirely on judicial interpretation rather than...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Adapt or Get Left Behind: What Private Employers Need to Know about DOL’s Recent Actions on AI Workforce Development

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and White House have an overarching message for workplaces: Artificial intelligence is here to stay — and it’s not a matter of if, but rather when and how, you incorporate it into your...more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

EU Parliament and Council of EU Provisionally Agree on Amendments to EU AI Act

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On May 7, 2026, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union reached a provisional agreement on a set of targeted amendments to the Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the “EU AI Act”), which seek to simplify several...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Canvas (Instructure) Pays Ransom to ShinyHunters: What’s Next?

As discussed in our previous article, on May 7, 2026, Instructure experienced a significant data breach affecting Canvas, an online education management platform utilized by over 8,000 schools and universities across the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Social Links: Papers, Please

A federal court’s decision blocking key provisions of Arkansas’ social media age-verification law rests on familiar constitutional ground. The challengers framed the law as a system that conditions access to online expression...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

GLBA Modernization Legislation: Key Implications for Financial Institutions’ Data Practices

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The House Financial Services Committee recently advanced legislation to modernize the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), reflecting a continued shift toward more prescriptive data governance obligations for financial...more

Morgan Lewis

AI for Healthcare Industry Leaders: Key Considerations for Artificial Intelligence in the Healthcare Industry in 2026

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As healthcare organizations increasingly embrace artificial intelligence (AI)—moving from common use cases in ambient dictation and revenue cycle management, to wide scale adoption across sectors—it brings increased legal,...more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

States Are ‘Laboratories of Democracy’ for Privacy Regulation as Federal Legislation Stalls

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In the ongoing absence of comprehensive federal privacy laws, states continue to serve as the primary engines of privacy innovation, setting precedents that may influence or even outpace federal action and shaping the rules...more

Morgan Lewis

AI in Healthcare: Key Legal Questions to Address Before Deployment

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This article outlines key questions and compliance concepts to consider based on common scenarios in which healthcare entities “feed the machine” with sensitive data. Explore all articles in our AI in Healthcare series. Key...more

Morgan Lewis

AI in Healthcare: A Practical Checklist for Compliance and Risk Management

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AI is rapidly being integrated into healthcare delivery, operations, and patient engagement, increasing legal and compliance complexity. This checklist highlights key risks and considerations across data use, contracting,...more

Sheppard

Three Lessons From Roblox’s Recent AG Settlements

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Regulators continue to focus on how companies interact with children online, as illustrated by the recent settlements Roblox entered into with different state AGs. The company has agreed to pay a total of almost $36 million...more

ModeOne

The Privacy Paradox: Collecting the Data You Need Without Taking What You Don’t

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Every click, swipe, and tap can generate actionable insight and face companies with a real privacy paradox: how do you gather the data necessary to serve business needs without harvesting more than you should or more than...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: The Government May Actually Be Here to Help – Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)...

The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provides a helpful set of questions and answers on its website regarding the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Professionals...more

Phelps Dunbar

Surge in Class Actions Raises Risk for Businesses Handling Consumer Data

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A newly released report found a sharp resurgence in class action filings over the last year, driven largely by consumer protection claims tied to digital commerce and data privacy. The report showed meaningful shifts in where...more

Morgan Lewis

Healthcare AI Deployment: Compliance Through Contracting, BAAs, and Data Governance As AI adoption accelerates, healthcare...

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This article highlights key legal considerations for using AI systems with protected health information (PHI), with a focus on agreements, business associate obligations, and data governance. Explore all articles in our AI in...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

District of Massachusetts Issues Divergent Rulings in Website Tracking Privacy Class Actions

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In a trio of recent website tracking decisions, the District of Massachusetts resolved motions to dismiss privacy claims related to third-party tracking technologies on healthcare websites: Progin v. UMass Memorial Health...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

What Businesses Need to Know About the Alabama Personal Data Protection Act

In April 2026, Alabama enacted the Alabama Personal Data Protection Act (APDPA), making it the 22nd U.S. state to adopt a broad consumer privacy law governing how organizations collect, use, and disclose personal data. While...more

King & Spalding

Decision Analysis—First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Davenport: The Supreme Court Just Gave Subpoena Targets More Options

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The Supreme Court just gave recipients of government subpoenas, civil investigative demands, and other legal process a new and potentially powerful tool for responding to those investigative demands, especially if those...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Off-Channel Communications: The Compliance Risk That Starts at the Top

Leaders and employees know they need to keep communications over approved, auditable channels. But an out-of-office message directing a client to a personal mobile number is off-channel. A WhatsApp message arranging a meeting...more

White & Case LLP

Review of the Online Safety Act - Australia

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Government response to the independent review of the Online Safety Act Update - The Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth) (the "OSA") introduced a regulatory framework requiring online service providers to regulate content and...more

Sheppard

Nebraska Makes Last-Minute Changes to Age Appropriate Online Design Code Act

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Many US states have attempted to enact laws similar to the UK’s Age-Appropriate Design Code. Nebraska is among them, and is set to take effect -unless challenged- on July 17, 2026. The law was initially passed in May 2025,...more

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