Exemptions, Mobile Apps

Supreme Court of California Upholds Law Classifying App-Based Drivers as Independent Contractors

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/31/2024

On July 25, 2024, the Supreme Court of California upheld a state law permitting ride-sharing apps to continue classifying their drivers as independent contractors, rather than employees. ...more

My Health My Data: New Proposed Washington Law Aims to Protect Consumer Health Data

BakerHostetler on 4/5/2023

Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, healthcare privacy has become a more urgent issue as states such as Missouri seek to limit women from obtaining abortions in other states....more

Applying the CCPA to Health Care: The HIPAA Exemption, Exercise Apps, and Marketing Data

Carlton Fields on 9/11/2019

Despite its breadth, California's new privacy law, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), creates an exemption designed around the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). That exemption is...more

TCPA Connect - July 2015

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/21/2015

SPECIAL FOCUS: FCC Issues Long Awaited TCPA Declaratory Ruling and Order - On July 10, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued its omnibus Declaratory Ruling and Order (Ruling) addressing 21 petitions...more

Alert: The FCC's Telephone Consumer Protection Act Order

Cooley LLP on 7/19/2015

On July 10, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released an order that purports to respond to numerous different petitions asking the agency for clarification regarding the federal Telephone...more

FCC Issues Controversial TCPA Declaratory Ruling

Latham & Watkins LLP on 7/15/2015

New guidance expands the restrictions on business-to-customer communications under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). On July 10, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Declaratory Ruling...more