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Misleading email subject lines can lead to substantial liability

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In Brown v. Old Navy, LLC, 567 P.3d 38 (Wash. 2025), the Washington Supreme Court recently interpreted the state’s Commercial Electronic Mail Act to prohibit any false or misleading information in the subject line of a...more

Stark & Stark

[Hybrid Event] RIA Compliance and Legal Strategies Conference - December 4th, Hamilton Township, NJ

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The RIA Compliance and Legal Strategies Conference is back at our offices in Hamilton, NJ. The Conference is an essential event for RIAs and IARs to gain a valuable understanding of current regulatory and compliance-related...more

Lathrop GPM

Trademark Solicitation Scams: A High-Volume Nuisance Targeting Legitimate Filers

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If your company has filed a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), you may find yourself on the receiving end of unsolicited – and often fraudulent – communications. These scams are...more

Morgan Lewis

Governing BYOD in Asia: A Legal and Compliance Framework for Mobile Device Policies

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Asia’s digital environment—particularly China’s mobile-first business culture and evolving regulatory landscape—is necessitating global companies to rethink Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs. Traditional “one device fits...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Evolution of CIPA Tracking Claims

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As readers of this blog know, companies continue to be targeted in lawsuits asserting California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) tracking claims. The fact that California courts have struggled to determine whether CIPA...more

Nextpoint, Inc.

Key Discovery Points: Who Possesses or Controls Documents in Slack?

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In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today discuss Vaughn v. Solera Holdings, LLC, where the court ruled Slack communications were not in the defendants’ possession,...more

Hogan Lovells

“You've Got Mail” – AG Medina backs email seizures by competition authorities

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Last week, Advocate General Medina delivered a supplemental opinion clarifying that seizing business emails during competition inspections does not breach the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, provided strict safeguards are...more

Perkins Coie

Litigation Update: Washington’s Commercial Electronic Mail Act

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Since 2023, Washington courts have seen more than 25 cases filed for alleged violations of Washington’s Commercial Electronic Mail Act (CEMA). ...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Great Women in Compliance: Turning Conversations into Compliance Intelligence with Anna Pitt-Stanley

In this episode of Great Women in Compliance, co-host Hemma Lomax sits down with Anna Pitt-Stanley, Co-Founder and COO of Umony, to explore how the next generation of compliance technology can transform how organizations...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

California Federal Court Clarifies CIPA’s Reach Over Website Tracking in Mashable Hearing

On October 9, 2025, the Northern District of California denied Mashable, Inc.’s motion to dismiss a class action alleging violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). Mashable operates a digital news and...more

White & Case LLP

EU Data Act: Unlocking Data in Healthcare, Life Sciences, and Beyond

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The EU Data Act ushers in a sweeping new framework for access to and use of data from connected products and related services. Organizations, such as healthcare and life sciences companies, should prepare now, as many of the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Trap and Trace Claims: Plaintiffs Target Website Search Bar Data Under Wiretap Laws

Lawsuits are rapidly multiplying against website operators over how user information is collected and shared. Plaintiffs are increasingly creative in asserting that website tracking tools, especially those tied to search...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

Rule 37(e)(1) Sanctions for Breach of Duty to Preserve Communications

Sanctions were imposed on plaintiff for breach of the duty to preserve certain communications in Cooper v. Balt. Gas & Elec. Co., 2025 WL 2774847 (D. Md. Sep. 30, 2025)(Rubin, J.)....more

Cimplifi

Taming Modern Data Challenges: Enterprise Solutions and Collaboration Apps

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In our last post, we discussed the challenges organizations face regarding the possession, custody, and control of mobile devices and referenced our prior series dedicated to mobile device discovery (all posts of which are...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

CRA Implements New Policy Replacing Paper Mail with Electronic Correspondence by Default

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On May 12, 2025, the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) began transitioning its default method of delivering most business correspondence for new business and program account registrations to taxpayers from paper mail to its...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Imminent Change to Microsoft Teams Private Channel Storage

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Teams private channels enable collaboration among a subset of a team’s members. While posts and messages exchanged on most Teams channels have historically been stored in the Exchange Online mailbox associated with the team,...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Statute is King: Supreme Court of WA Finds That the Strict Timeframes Provided Under WA’s New Security for Payment Legislation...

This decision provides practical guidance on when a ‘payment claim’ is taken to have been made (and the date from which the maximum period for providing a payment schedule is to be counted) for the purposes of the Building...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

My Father is a Lawyer – Are My Emails With Him Privileged?

Not on these facts. Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC, 2025 WL 2606904 (S.D.N.Y. Sep. 9, 2025). This decision is the latest in a long string of discovery decisions in the sexual harassment lawsuit of Ms. Blake Lively against a...more

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[Webinar] The Rise of Modern Data and its impact in Litigation - September 30th, 10:00 am PDT

How Changing Data Types are Altering the Review Landscape in Litigation - The nature of data has shifted dramatically, moving forward beyond traditional document-centric approaches to include new data types like chat...more

Array

This Week in eDiscovery: Source Code Request Denied Because of Proportionality

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Every week, the Array team reviews the latest news and analysis about the evolving field of eDiscovery to bring you the topics and trends you need to know. This week’s post covers the period of August 24-30. Here’s what’s...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

The Uses and Abuses of Electronic Communications and Social Media in Company Takeovers

Emails, text messages and other electronic communications are commonplace during a takeover bid. They may be sent to all target shareholders or only to a selected group. To maximise their impact, often these messages are...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Daily Compliance News: August 22, 2025, The WADA Returns Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance News....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Fox on Podcasting: Mastering Content Creation and Personal Branding with Dave Polykoff

Join Tom Fox as he explores the world of podcasting, and get ready to be inspired to start your podcast. In this episode, host Tom Fox welcomes Dave Polykoff, the founder of Zenpost and the Personal Brand Blueprint podcast. ...more

K&L Gates LLP

Washington Supreme Court Increases Risks of Lawsuits for False or Misleading Email Subject Lines

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The Supreme Court of Washington recently clarified the scope of violative practices under the Washington Consumer Electronic Mail Act (CEMA). In Brown v. Old Navy, LLC, the Court ruled 5-4 that CEMA prohibits advertisers from...more

Hanzo

Audit Readiness in Financial Services: A Practical Guide for High-Stakes Compliance

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In the financial services industry, audit preparation has become a continuous discipline that requires rigorous data governance, operational foresight, and real-time adaptability. This is especially important as compliance...more

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