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Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

The Bayou Twist: Louisiana’s $25 Million Question

Starting January 1, 2027, many companies will be subject to a new comprehensive privacy law in Louisiana. The state just adopted SB386, which applies to companies that have more than $25 million in revenue or satisfy other...more

Dickinson Wright

When Privacy Matters Most: Planning for High-Profile Clients

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An increasing number of our clients, particularly professional athletes, public figures, and other high-profile, high-net-worth individuals, are expressing heightened concerns regarding privacy, asset protection, and exposure...more

Cooley LLP

Blog Post: GDPR Anniversary – 10 Key Developments

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Eight years ago, on 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became applicable across the European Union (EU). Organisations scrambled to update their privacy notices and data mapping exercises, and...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

The Risk Landscape: Legal, Operational, and Ethical Risks in AI Vendor Engagements

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This article catalogs the principal categories of risk that corporate counsel should evaluate, with concrete examples and an eye toward the contract levers that can mitigate each one. Data is the fuel for AI systems, and the...more

Morgan Lewis

Hot Privacy and Data Security Issues on the Hill for 2026

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As summer temperatures rise, so too does the heat around federal privacy and cybersecurity enforcement. US Congress may still be struggling to pass a comprehensive federal privacy law, but businesses should not mistake...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Do You Have an iPhone? If So, Do This Now

In today's world, when many of our most cherished memories and our most important financial and legal documents are stored on our phones, taking a moment to protect access to that information is more important than ever. If...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Government Contractors and AI: Protecting Confidential Information and Privilege in Disputes

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Artificial intelligence (AI) offers clear efficiencies, but government contractors should proceed with caution before inputting protected documents, confidential information, or dispute-related facts into consumer AI tools in...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Courts Expand CCPA’s Private Right of Action

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Two courts in 2026 have allowed CCPA claims to proceed based on adtech use without addressing whether adtech discloses “personal information” under the CCPA - According to plaintiffs’ interpretation of a May 2026 decision...more

DLA Piper

UK: Protecting Children Online – A Changing Regulatory Landscape

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The protection of children online, including the safeguarding of their personal data, has emerged as a key regulatory focus in the UK, with the Government facing sustained pressure to address concerns about children’s safety...more

Roetzel & Andress

Is Disclosing a Patient’s Email Address a HIPAA Breach?

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Can disclosing a patient’s email address to others in an email chain be considered a breach under HIPAA? Yes, it may, depending on the particular facts involved. If a medical practice or other covered entity has only...more

ArentFox Schiff

New State Privacy Laws Signal Growing Partisan Divide

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The 2026 legislative cycle reveals that state privacy law is diverging along partisan lines. Red-state legislatures are pursuing frameworks that retain the Virginia architecture while easing compliance burdens through broader...more

Walkers

Consent re-examined: Objective standards after RTM v Bonne Terre and the position in Guernsey

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Consent requires a positive opt in; pre ticked boxes or implied consent are insufficient. Consent must be granular, unbundled from other terms and clearly distinguishable from general contractual acceptance....more

Bennett Jones LLP

Global Privacy Sweep Highlights Growing Expectations for Children's Privacy Online

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Children's privacy is once again the focus of attention from privacy authorities. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), along with data protection and privacy authorities from around the world, recently...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Stolen Hotel Reservation Data Used in Targeted Phishing Scams

A new report by Wired states that customer data from “more than 350 hotels around the world may have been accessed as part of realistic reservation-hijacking scams.” According to the report, travelers’ information and booking...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

YellowKey Zero-Day and the BitLocker Bypass: Compliance and Incident Response Implications

A publicly disclosed and widely unpatched zero-day vulnerability, named YellowKey, permits anyone with physical access to a device running Windows 11 or Windows Server 2022/2025 to bypass BitLocker full-disk encryption...more

Venable LLP

Contracting for AI Model Training: Key Considerations for Customer Data Rights

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As laws and market expectations regarding AI continue to evolve, so do contracting considerations associated with AI-enabled products and services. While contract language permitting vendors to use customer data for...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

New Jersey’s Proposed Data Privacy Regulations Have Expired

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Regulations proposed in June 2025 to implement the New Jersey Data Privacy Law expired on June 2, 2026, when the regulations were not adopted within a year of the proposal. The path forward for future rulemaking to implement...more

Hogan Lovells

Economic simplification act: long-awaited reform and positive developments for clinical research in France

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Law No. 2026-403 of 26 May 2026 on the simplification of economic activity introduces several measures that have long been awaited by stakeholders in the healthcare sector. Against a backdrop of increasing competition among...more

BCLP

Cyber Litigation in Financial Services: Managing the Evolving Risk

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Cyber incidents are increasingly giving rise to complex, long‑tail litigation risk, particularly for financial services firms. As regulators place growing emphasis on operational resilience, outsourcing governance and...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #494 – Signal Users Targeted with Phishing Scam

If you are a Signal user, be on the alert for a new phishing campaign that attempts to steal recovery keys used to access cloud backups. If successful, the attackers could have access to entire message archives,...more

Fisher Phillips

Delaware’s Privacy Law is About to Expand: 6 Steps Employers and Businesses Should Take to Prepare

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Just over a year after Delaware’s privacy law took effect, state lawmakers are close to expanding its reach by passing a bill that could soon cover more businesses, narrow a key exemption, and expand the definition of...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Privacy and Cybersecurity Client Alert | The Bayou Twist: Louisiana’s $25 Million Question

Same privacy playbook, bigger audience: Louisiana’s new law expands coverage because it applies to any company with more than $25 million in revenue. With a fast-approaching effective date and a short cure period, now is the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Quantum Computing Is Here — and So Are Compliance Risks for Government Contractors

Quantum computing has moved from the laboratory into the national security conversation — and the regulatory landscape is shifting fast....more

MoFo Tech

AI Practices To Protect Trade Secrets Amid Unstable Case Law

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A growing body of law indicates that inputting proprietary information into public artificial intelligence tools may undermine the reasonable measures and confidentiality requirements that are central to trade secret...more

Littler

Italy Implements the EU Pay Transparency Directive: A Guide to the Final Decree

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With the publication in the Official Gazette on June 1, 2026 of Legislative Decree No. 96 of 7 May 2026, Italy has become one of the first EU member states to formally implement the EU Pay Transparency Directive...more

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