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State Watch: Consumer Protection Enforcement Update

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While uncertainty continued to loom over the CFPB, the states did not take a spring break. Instead, we saw an eye-popping settlement from NY DFS involving BSA/AML claims. And both republican and democratic AGs continued to...more

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Arkansas Attorney General Sues General Motors Over Alleged Deceptive Data Practices

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On February 26, 2025, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin filed a lawsuit against General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar (collectively, "GM"), alleging deceptive business practices related to the collection and sale of...more

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New York attorney general files complaint over insurance data breaches

On March 1, New York State Attorney General Letitia James filed a complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against a group of insurance companies and a parent corporation. The complaint alleged these companies...more

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My Health, My Dollar: Amazon’s Health Data Troubles in Washington

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Amazon faces allegations of unauthorized data collection in violation of federal and state privacy laws, including a first-of-its-kind claim under Washington’s My Health My Data Act (“MHMDA”). The MHMDA restricts businesses...more

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New York AG Settles with School Calendar App, Saturn

This week, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement with app developer Saturn Technologies (Saturn) following an investigation into privacy practices that promised teens an exclusive community but...more

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Year in Review: 2024 Generative AI Litigation Trends

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Generative AI continued to be a hot topic for privacy-related litigation in 2024. In the US, companies using and deploying this technology saw themselves subject to lawsuits under various state and federal theories of...more

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Arkansas AG Latest to Put Brakes on Allegedly Unauthorized Collection and Sale of Driver Data

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Arkansas AG Tim Griffin sued General Motors LLC and its subsidiary OnStar LLC (collectively, “GM”) over allegations that GM misled vehicle purchasers into enrolling in programs that collected and shared their driving data...more

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What You Should Know about Collecting Past-Due Accounts

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Question: Early in every calendar year our accounts receivable tend to build up due to patients having to pay out of pocket before annual deductibles and co-pays reach their maximums. This typically results in a corresponding...more

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Unpacking Dark Patterns

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“Dark patterns” have increasingly been the focus of legislative and regulatory scrutiny. Yet the phrase is never used in business. No business designs a website, mobile app, or business process with the instruction, “let’s...more

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Texas AG Investigates DeepSeek

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Texas AG Ken Paxton has announced an investigation into the artificial intelligence company DeepSeek’s privacy practices and its claims that its AI model rivals the most advanced AI models in the world, including OpenAI....more

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First Washington My Health My Data Act Class Action Lawsuit Filed

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On February 10, 2025, a class action lawsuit was filed against an online retailer under the Washington My Health My Data (MHMD) Act’s private right of action. The complaint also alleges violations of federal wiretapping and...more

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State AGs Publish Guidance on How State Laws Apply to AI

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On December 24, 2024 and January 13, 2025, the Oregon Attorney General’s Office and the California Attorney General’s Office published advisories (collectively, “Advisories”) explaining how existing statutes may be used to...more

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Missouri to Require Social Media Companies to Offer Algorithmic Choice

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Missouri AG Andrew Bailey is issuing a regulation requiring social media companies to offer algorithmic choice for users in the state. Under the rule, it will be an unfair, deceptive, or fraudulent practice under the Missouri...more

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Oregon Sticks with Existing Regulations to Govern AI (For Now)

The Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ) recently issued significant guidance detailing how the state's existing legal framework will regulate artificial intelligence, eschewing the need for immediate AI-specific legislation....more

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A Landmark Lawsuit in Data Privacy: Texas v. Allstate

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In a groundbreaking enforcement action, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Allstate Corporation and its subsidiary Arity, alleging systematic violations of the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The FTC’s Final “Click-to-Cancel” Rule Faces Legal and Political Hurdles

The fate of the FTC’s long-awaited final “Click-to-Cancel” rule has become tangled in uncertainty as it faces numerous lawsuits and the new incoming presidential administration. In October, the FTC published its Final Rule...more

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Why Have One When Four Will Do? How Oregon’s New Guidance on AI Compliance Bridges the AI Legal Gap

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Christmas came early when on December 24, the Oregon Office of the Attorney General (OAG) delivered AI guidance wrapped in a bow. Titled “What you should know about how Oregon’s laws may affect your company’s use of...more

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CFPB Publishes Report on State Privacy Law Exceptions for Financial Information

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On November 12, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a new report titled, “State Consumer Privacy Laws and the Monetization of Consumer Financial Data.” The report provides an overview of the state...more

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NY AG Releases Website Privacy Guides for Businesses and Consumers

New York Attorney General Letitia James recently released guidance for businesses and consumers about website tracking technologies. The consumer guide provided examples of common cookies, tracking technologies, and how...more

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Employer Alert: Texas Reaches $1.4B Settlement Over Allegations of Violation of Biometric Information Privacy Law

The landmark $1.4 billion settlement reached by the state of Texas and a social media company to settle allegations that the company’s platform unlawfully scanned the faces of millions of users in Texas serves as a warning to...more

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Massachusetts Attorney General Clarifies Position on Artificial Intelligence

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The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) recently issued an advisory clarifying that existing Massachusetts law applies to artificial intelligence (AI) to the same extent as any other product in the stream of...more

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State AG Pulse | Never Say Never to Federal Privacy Legislation

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A growing patchwork of state privacy laws has created headaches for businesses and put increasing pressure on Congress to respond. In episode 6 of State AG Pulse, season 4, Meghan Stoppel and Keturah Taylor, in collaboration...more

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Maryland and Nebraska Adopt Comprehensive Privacy Laws

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The final weeks for many state legislatures have witnessed significant movements in the U.S. data privacy landscape. Last month, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed the Data Privacy Act, LB1074, into law....more

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New England State Consumer Data Privacy Bills Currently Under Consideration

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As noted in previous installments in our ongoing series on U.S. privacy laws, the sector-specific and activity-specific model for U.S. privacy regulation is rapidly changing, with individual states recently enacting...more

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Penalty Offense Authority and the Future of FTC Privacy Law

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From its founding in 1914 until roughly 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enjoyed near complete hegemony as the primary consumer protection enforcement agency in the United States. The states played an important role,...more

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