When assessing cybersecurity risk in your organization, it is important to understand your users and their behavior. A new study by Keepnet sheds light on new hire behavior concerning phishing susceptibility. According to its…
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/ Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 13, 2025, a federal court in the Northern District of California held that a putative Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) class action lawsuit belonged in arbitration, thanks to the defendant company’s arbitration…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Privacy
Are you storing sensitive data on a shared network drive? If so, your organization could be at serious risk of a data breach or privacy lawsuit. Shared drives, like the common “S:\ drive,” are often used to store documents,…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
We are seeing an increase in cybersquatting incidents. What is cybersquatting and how can it affect you?
According to Sentinel One, cybersquatting, or domain squatting, “involves the registration, selling, or use of an…
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/ Consumer Protection, Intellectual Property, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 6, 2025, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders aimed at significantly reshaping the future of drone policy in the United States. One focuses on protecting national airspace from malicious drone threats,…
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/ Administrative Law, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology, Transportation
We have previously outlined several cases where lawyers have been sanctioned by courts for citing fake cases generated by artificial intelligence (AI), also known as “hallucinations.”…
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/ Civil Procedure, Electronic Discovery, Law Practice Products & Services, Professional Malpractice, Science, Computers, & Technology
On June 3, 2025, the California Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 690 (SB 690) in a 35-0 vote, a strong show of support for reining in a flood of lawsuits that have taken many companies by surprise over the last few years…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Cybersecurity firm CSC recently issued its CISO Outlook 2025 Report, which predicts cybersecurity challenges CISOs will face in the next year. The report, from a survey of 300 CISOs and cybersecurity professionals globally,…
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/ Science, Computers, & Technology
Manufacturers that are covered federal contractors may be wondering when they are required to certify compliance with the affirmative action plan regulations. At this point, the answer is not clear and recent proposals from the…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
On June 11, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion 25-03 (the Advisory Opinion), in which OIG approved of a proposed arrangement under which a management…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
In May 2025, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OHSA) released an updated Site-Specific Targeting (SST) Inspection Program directive. The SST Inspection Program is OSHA’s main site-specific programmed inspection…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Labor & Employment Law
On June 9, 2025, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act No. 25-28, “An Act Concerning Access to Reproductive Health Care” (the Act). The Act codifies under Connecticut state law the ability of minors to…
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/ Family Law, Health, Privacy
The Department of Justice has launched a number of enforcement actions targeting pharmacies for alleged violations of the False Claims Act (FCA). Recently, Walgreens has been the subject of two noteworthy government settlements…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Health
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent 8-0 ruling limited the scope of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the national environmental law that mandates federal agencies to assess the environmental effects of their proposed…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Transportation
In a surprising move, China-based DJI, the world’s largest drone manufacturer, is not flinching at the prospect of tighter U.S. restrictions on Chinese drone companies. In fact, they’re embracing it…
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/ International Law & Trade, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology