Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
AI Executive Order Opens Door to Federal-State Legal Battles
On December 11, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order, Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence (the “Order”), seeking to establish a national policy framework for artificial intelligence (AI), with the stated objective of promoting U.S. leadership and global dominance in AI while preempting conflicting state laws and minimizing regulatory burdens. This…
Read MoreTitle Piracy on the Rise in the Sea of Real Estate Ownership
As if buying real estate is not stressful enough, prospective buyers might not have heard of a new danger: title pirates. These are criminals who file phony documents claiming to own property that actually belongs to someone else. So how do title pirates operate? Imagine a picturesque and smooth sea; Captain Blackbeard of the title piracy crime syndicate…
Read MoreWith Expiration of CISA 2015, Cyber Threat Sharing Faces New Risks
When the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack paralyzed fuel distribution across the East Coast in 2021, both government and private entities raced to exchange cyber threat data to prevent further disruption. That rapid collaboration was made possible, in large part, by the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (“CISA 2015” or “the Act”), which, for nearly…
Read MoreHow New Rhode Island Privacy Law May Impact Businesses Across U.S.
Rhode Island businesses and any company with Rhode Island customers are officially on the clock. The Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act (“RIDTPPA” or “the Act”) takes effect January 1, 2026, meaning compliance deadlines are quickly approaching. Unlike many other state privacy laws, the Act provides no right to cure violations before penalties…
Read MoreVibe Check on TikTok: Legal Changes May Force App to Take the L
The future of TikTok is on the table in the United States. As has been widely covered, in April 2024, Congress passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (the “Act”), which conditionally banned TikTok in the U.S. should its parent company, ByteDance Ltd., fail to divest its ownership in the U.S. version…
Read MoreProactive Protections Against CIPA Mass Arbitrations? Updated Terms of Use
Businesses operating public facing websites that employ data analytics software to track users’ website interactions must be aware of a novel use of the California Information Privacy Act (“CIPA”) that has taken the plaintiffs’ bar by storm. Specifically, class action complaints and demands have been filed in abundance under California Penal Code Section 631, California’s…
Read MoreNew Federal Focus on AI, Data Privacy and Civil Rights Protection
On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued an Executive Order on the safety, security, and trustworthiness of artificial intelligence (the “Executive Order”).[1] Given the recent adoption and integration of digital tools and services utilizing artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, that can quickly generate content, the Executive Order establishes new standards to protect the civil rights…
Read MoreNew York Times vs. OpenAI: Fair Use Fight with Billions at Stake
On the third day of Christmas, Microsoft Corp. (“Microsoft”) and OpenAI, Inc. (together with its named affiliates, “OpenAI”) didn’t get any French hens: Instead, the software giant and leading artificial intelligence research and deployment company were named as defendants in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by The New York Times (the “Times”) in the United…
Read MoreLessons For Founders From Sam Altman’s Short-Lived OpenAI Ouster
We’ve all read countless headlines and articles about the removal and swift return of Sam Altman as CEO of OpenAI over the past several weeks. Simply put, the nonprofit board voted to remove Altman as a result of a disagreement concerning the safety of AI and allegations that Altman was not consistently candid in his…
Read MoreAs Wiretap Act Claims Abound, ‘Submarine’ Counterattack Launched
The proliferation of class action lawsuit and arbitration claim filings under the Federal Wiretap Act and various state wiretap statutes has recently grown beyond California, as other states are now beginning to see more significant numbers of these claims. These mass filings that began in California under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) have…
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