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AI Glasses Enter the Workplace: FAQs For Employers

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AI-enabled smart glasses – which combine eyewear with real-time audio, video, and AI functionality – are now entering the workplace. They provide productivity and accessibility benefits by allowing users to capture...more

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Fashion, Technology, and the Milan 2026 Olympics: A Runway for Innovation

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With the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at center stage, Milan is well placed to highlight a fashion innovation that is already accelerating in the city: technical textiles and smart textiles that deliver...more

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Gold-Medal Innovation: The Patented Technology Powering Milan-Cortina 2026

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While the world has turned its attention to the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, spectators have been watching more than athletic excellence. The Games have also been a live showcase of patented sports technology. From...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Can Employers Restrict Wearable Tech at Work?

With the growing popularity of smart glasses and other wearable technology, we have heard a growing number of questions from clients concerned about employees’ use of these devices at work. ...more

Hogan Lovells

FDA Town Hall Sheds New Light on Updated General Wellness Policy - DigiCure: Legal insights at the intersection of Technology and...

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On February 11, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) held a Town Hall to address industry questions and provide further clarity on the January 6, 2026, update...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Wellness Trackers, ‘Medical’ Status, and Cybersecurity: How FDA, FTC, and State Laws Interlock

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On January 6, 2026, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its General Wellness: Policy for Low Risk Devices guidance (the General Wellness Guidance), signaling that it does not intend to enforce traditional medical...more

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Training the Next Winter Champions: How Technology is Powering the Road to the 2026 Olympic Games

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Most elite winter athletes have heard a familiar refrain from their coaches: “Train how you want to compete.” But as we approach the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina, that motto is evolving. Today’s athletes aren’t...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

(Don’t Fear) the Regulator: FDA Clarifies When Software and Wellness Products Are Not Medical Devices

Key Takeaways - FDA’s 2026 guidance clarifies when digital health tools fall outside device regulation. Updated policies for clinical decision support (“CDS”) software and general wellness products provide clearer, more...more

Gardner Law

FDA’s 2026 CDS and General Wellness Guidance Updates

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For companies developing digital health products, wearables, or software-enabled devices, FDA’s latest guidance updates provide important clarification on how certain products may fall within, or outside, FDA oversight....more

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FDA Opens Aperture for Wearables in Latest General Wellness Guidance

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On January 6, 2026, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two revised guidance documents relating to general wellness products (General Wellness Guidance) and clinical decision support software (CDS Software...more

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FDA Adapts with the Times on Digital Health: Updated Guidances on General Wellness Products and Clinical Decision Support Software

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On January 6, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) published revised final guidance documents on Clinical Decision Support Software (“Revised CDS Guidance”) and its General Wellness Policy for Low Risk Devices...more

A&O Shearman

Ninth Circuit Affirms Defeat Of Heart Rate Data Monopolization Claims

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On January 8, 2026, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to grant Apple summary judgment against claims that it monopolized the market for heart rate...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

The Hidden Legal Minefield: Compliance Concerns with AI Smart Glasses, Part 4: Data Security, Breach Notification, and Third-Party...

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As we have discussed in prior posts, AI-enabled smart glasses are rapidly evolving from niche wearables into powerful tools with broad workplace appeal — but their innovative capabilities bring equally significant legal and...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

FDA Issues Updated Guidance Loosening Regulatory Approach to Certain Digital Health Tools

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The updated guidance expands the scope of digital health tools, including certain types of wearables or clinical decision support software, that are legally exempt or otherwise free from FDA medical device oversight....more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

FDA Updates Its "General Wellness" Device Framework—What Companies Need to Know

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Since 2019, companies that offer software and/or hardware devices aimed at promoting consumer health and wellness have had little more to rely on than a single short U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidance document...more

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FDA Issues Updated Guidance on Low-Risk General Wellness Devices and Clinical Decision Support Software

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On January 6, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released two significant updates potentially important for companies operating in the consumer health technology space....more

Blank Rome LLP

FDA Loosens the Reins on Wearable Tech

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FDA updated its General Wellness policy to clarify and take a step back from previous positions on health and wellness technology. The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) unexpectedly updated its policy on general...more

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The FDA Opens a Wider Door for Wellness Wearables

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As Americans kick off the new year with resolutions to get fit, sleep better, and take better care of themselves, the FDA has broadened access to the wearable wellness device market to a greater number of products. In a...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

FDA loosens the reins: New AI and wearables guidance

On January 6, 2026, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released updates to two guidance documents reflecting a move towards a more hands-off approach to digital health product regulation. Both updated guidance...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Signaling More Flexibility, FDA Says More Wearable Devices Qualify for General Wellness Exception

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The FDA’s January 2026 update to its “General Wellness: Policy for Low Risk Devices” guidance materially expands the types of wearable features that may avoid medical device regulation. Signaling a more flexible regulatory...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Stranger Things: New FDA Updates Flip Expectations for the Med Tech Industry in 2026 Upside Down

Tuesday, January 6, 2026, yielded two surprising updates from the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) Center for Devices and Radiological Health....more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

The Hidden Legal Minefield: Compliance Concerns with AI Smart Glasses, Part 2 – Two-Party Consent and AI Note-Taking

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As we explored in Part 1 of this series, AI-enabled smart glasses are rapidly evolving from niche wearables into powerful tools with broad workplace appeal — but their innovative capabilities bring equally significant legal...more

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New FDA Digital Health Pilot, Same FDA Enforcement Discretion

On December 8, 2025, FDA announced a pilot for certain digital health devices in connection with the Center for Medicare and Medical Innovation’s (CMMI’s) Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS)...more

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CMS Announces Model for Technology-Assisted Chronic Condition Management

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On December 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions Model (ACCESS), a 10-year voluntary alternative payment model (APM) that will pay...more

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CMS to Open Applications in 2026 for the Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) Model, a New Payment...

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CMS announced plans to launch the ACCESS Model, a new payment model that tests an outcome-aligned payment approach in Original Medicare with an aim to expand access to new technology-supported healthcare options that help...more

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