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1 week ago | 
jdsupra.com | Kathryn Smith |Liisa M. Thomas
[co-author: James O'Reilly]*The FTC’s settlement with Cleo AI gives some indication as to what we might see from the agency in the coming months. The FTC alleged, among other things, that Cleo AI’s actions violated Section 5 of the FTC Act. In particular, as reported in our sister blog, Cleo AI required people to enroll in a paid subscription plan, even though they marketed their services as free.
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2 weeks ago | 
mondaq.com | Liisa M. Thomas |Kathryn Smith |James O'Reilly
The California Privacy Protection Agency announced this month that it, along with sixother states, will be forming a new group called the"Consortium of Privacy Regulators." (The other states areColorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, New Jersey, and Oregon.)Members include the Attorneys General from these states, as well asCalifornia's privacy regulator (the CPPA).
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2 weeks ago | 
jdsupra.com | Kathryn Smith |Liisa M. Thomas
[co-author: James O'Reilly]*The California Privacy Protection Agency announced this month that it, along with six other states, will be forming a new group called the “Consortium of Privacy Regulators.” (The other states are Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, New Jersey, and Oregon.) Members include the Attorneys General from these states, as well as California’s privacy regulator (the CPPA).
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2 weeks ago | 
natlawreview.com | Tori Kutzner |Liisa M. Thomas |Kathryn Smith |Katharine Weber
In Briskin v. Shopify, Inc., No. 22-15815, 2025 U.S. App. LEXIS 9410 (9th Cir. Apr. 21, 2025), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc, held that the Canada-based company Shopify, Inc.
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2 weeks ago | 
natlawreview.com | Liisa M. Thomas
The FTC’s settlement with Cleo AI gives some indication as to what we might see from the agency in the coming months. The FTC alleged, among other things, that Cleo AI’s actions violated Section 5 of the FTC Act. In particular, as reported in our sister blog, Cleo AI required people to enroll in a paid subscription plan, even though they marketed their services as free. It also made it difficult for people to cancel their subscription and made it hard to stop recurring charges.
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2 weeks ago | 
law360.com | Liisa M. Thomas
By Liisa Thomas ( April 29, 2025, 3:42 PM EDT) -- Corporate compliance professionals are faced with a daunting task. The alphabet soup of global legal compliance requirements seems to grow each month.... Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription puts you at the center of fast-moving legal issues, trends and developments so you can act with speed and confidence.
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2 weeks ago | 
law360.co.uk | Liisa M. Thomas
ADVERTISEMENT Don't want ads? Subscribe or login now. By Liisa Thomas ( April 29, 2025, 3:42 PM EDT) -- Corporate compliance professionals are faced with a daunting task. The alphabet soup of global legal compliance requirements seems to grow each month....
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2 weeks ago | 
natlawreview.com | Liisa M. Thomas
The California Privacy Protection Agency announced this month that it, along with six other states, will be forming a new group called the “Consortium of Privacy Regulators.” (The other states are Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, New Jersey, and Oregon.) Members include the Attorneys General from these states, as well as California’s privacy regulator (the CPPA).
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4 weeks ago | 
mondaq.com | Liisa M. Thomas
Over half of US states require annual compliance certificationsfrom insurance providers. While the filing time frames for thisyear draw to a close, companies may want to keep them in mind notonly for next year, but as a reminder of the information securityprograms that are expected to be in place. When we last wrote about this, in 2021, only nine states(Alabama, Delaware, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, NewHampshire, Ohio, South Carolina, and Virginia) had adoptedcertification obligations.
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1 month ago | 
mondaq.com | Liisa M. Thomas |Kathryn Smith
Listen to this postArkansas' second attempt at regulating minor's access tosocial media – in the form of the Social Media Safety Act (SB 689) – hasagain been struck down as unconstitutional. The court permanentlyenjoined the state from enforcing the law. It was a modifiedversion of Arkansas' 2023 SB 396, that was also blocked. The plaintiff in both challenges wasNetChoice, a group familiar to anyone following kids' socialmedia laws.
