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Federal Agencies Increase Focus on Pricing Enforcement

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Last month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) jointly hosted a public meeting of the interagency “Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Business Practices.” The meeting was a continuation of...more

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Price Collusion in the Crosshairs

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There has been a spate of legislation and lawsuits targeting the use of software that gives visibility to competitors’ prices. This allows firms to adjust their prices, either undercutting the competition or setting a de...more

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What Really is Surveillance Pricing? The FTC is Trying to Figure It Out

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The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in a company’s work processes is not new. AI has automated, innovated, and optimized a business’s processes and outcomes. In recent years, tech firms and consultants have been touting...more

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UK, EU, and US release joint statement on competition in generative AI foundation models and AI products

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On July 23, the European Commission, US Department of Justice, US Federal Trade Commission, and UK Competition and Markets Authority released a joint statement setting out shared principles on competition in markets that...more

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AI – Not Just a Benign Buzzword

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AI is a buzzword on everyone’s lips in 2024, and to quote a hit song from the 1980s, apparently “The future’s so bright I gotta wear shades.” In other words, many are quick to sing the praises of AI and the opportunities that...more

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FTC Makes Statement on Connected Vehicle Data as Major Automaker Faces Class Action for Data Sharing Practices

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Connected cars have been on the FTC’s radar for years. Its most recent blog post specifically highlights the Commission’s concerns regarding over collecting-- and the risk of secondary uses-- of sensitive data, such as...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Congress Proposes New Comprehensive Privacy Legislation: The American Privacy Rights Act

On April 7, 2024, Representative Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-WA) and Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) announced that Congress will once again consider a comprehensive federal data privacy bill that, if passed, would dramatically...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Highlights from this week’s IAPP Global Privacy Summit

Since 2011, I’ve attended the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ Global Privacy Summit in Washington, D.C. Each year one session gets everyone talking; this year the honor went to “Direct Insights from U.S....more

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FTC Says Unilateral Policy Changes for AI Product Development Could be Unfair or Deceptive

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On February 13, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a blog post warning companies that it could be deemed an unfair or deceptive practice for a company to adopt more permissive data practices and to only inform...more

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Algorithmic Disgorgement: An Increasingly Important Part of the FTC’s Remedial Arsenal— AI: The Washington Report

Welcome to this week’s issue of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and its government affairs affiliate, ML Strategies. This week, we discuss the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC or Commission) use of...more

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FTC Warns AI Companies to Honor Privacy and Confidentiality Commitments — AI: The Washington Report

Welcome to this week’s issue of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and its government affairs affiliate, ML Strategies. On January 9, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) published...more

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AI governance and biometric privacy takeaways from the FTC’S Rite Aid settlement

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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has banned Rite Aid from using facial recognition technologies for surveillance for five years, demonstrating the FTC’s expectations regarding deployments of biometric and artificial...more

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Senators Consider Reforms to Antitrust Law to Address Algorithmic Price-Fixing and Self-Preferencing — AI: The Washington Report

Welcome to this week's issue of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and its government affairs affiliate, ML Strategies. This week, we discuss the Senate Judiciary Committee’s December 13, 2023 hearing...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

FTC Sues Amazon Over Its Monopoly Power

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reinforced its aggressive stance on enforcing antitrust laws by filing a federal lawsuit against Amazon on September 26, 2023. Seventeen other states have also joined in this legal...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Regulating AI: An Overview of Federal Efforts

This first part of a two-part series on U.S. regulation of artificial intelligence systems provides an overview and modern context for the existing regulatory, legal and risk management landscape for AI systems in the U.S.,...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

FTC Seeks Comment on New Method to Obtain Parental Consent Under COPPA

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) is seeking comment on an application from the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), Yoti and SuperAwesome for a new way to obtain parental consent under the Children’s...more

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The FTC Is Regulating AI: A Comprehensive Analysis

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rewriting norms and changing the way we interact with the world. It is likely AI will have an outsized impact on every facet of life; this could be the start of the next technological...more

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Regulation of AI Systems is Already Here – Look to Data Protection Laws

As the scramble continues to reckon with the rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT, Bard, DALL-E, and MidJourney, and the promise of other AI and machine learning systems (for simplicity,...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

AI Gets Attention From Federal Agencies

In a joint statement, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Department of Justice (DOJ) and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) expressed concern about the potential for...more

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Federal Agencies Issue Joint Statement Addressing Enforcement Authority & AI

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As artificial intelligence systems such as ChatGPT and Midjourney have become increasingly prominent, so have concerns about the effects that such programs may have on the economy and society at large. With more businesses...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Recent AI Developments And The Practice Of Law—An Update

There have been many recent artificial intelligence (AI) developments over the past several weeks that impact the practice of law. Since my article “Recent AI Developments—Can AI Replace Attorneys?” was published on March 14,...more

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Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 20

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Pelosi Statement Dims the Lights on ADPPA - The prospects for the nation’s first comprehensive data privacy law, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (the “ADPPA” or the “Bill”), dimmed after House Speaker Nancy...more

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Top Developments to Watch at the FTC on Privacy

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) now has a full slate of Commissioners with the confirmation and swearing-in of Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, who brings an extensive background in privacy issues....more

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Congress Releases Draft Federal Privacy Law with Potential Traction To Pass

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The federal government has been trying to reach a consensus on data privacy and thus far has failed to pass legislation. On June 3, 2022, a bipartisan draft bill, titled the American Data Privacy and Protection Act was...more

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FTC Orders Company to Delete Algorithms Made with Data Alleged to be Improperly Obtained

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached a settlement with weight loss company WW International (formerly known as Weight Watchers) requiring the company to pay a $1.5 million penalty, delete the personal information of...more

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