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1 month ago | 
mondaq.com | Liisa M. Thomas |Snehal Desai |James O'Reilly
Listen to this postThe Michigan Attorney General has filed a complaint against Roku, a popular TVcontent platform, alleging, among other things, violations of the Children's Online Privacy ProtectionAct and the Video Privacy Protection Act (and a similar Michigan law). As most are aware, COPPArequires prior parental consent before collecting information fromchildren online. It gives standing to both the FTC and tostates' attorneys general, but no private right of action.
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1 month ago | 
jdsupra.com | Snehal Desai |Liisa M. Thomas
[co-author: James O'Reilly*]The Michigan Attorney General has filed a complaint against Roku, a popular TV content platform, alleging, among other things, violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and the Video Privacy Protection Act (and a similar Michigan law). As most are aware, COPPA requires prior parental consent before collecting information from children online. It gives standing to both the FTC and to states’ attorneys general, but no private right of action.
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Mar 20, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Snehal Desai |Liisa M. Thomas
Join us for an insightful journey from pre-deal preparations topost-closing integration. Gain actionable strategies to ensure yournext deal is secure and compliant.
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Mar 14, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Liisa M. Thomas |Snehal Desai
SM Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton More Sheppard Mullin is a full service Global 100 firm with over 1,000 attorneys in 16 offices located in the United States, Europe and Asia. Since 1927, companies have turned to Sheppard Mullin to handle corporate and technology matters, high stakes litigation and complex financial transactions. In the US, the firm’s clients include more than half of the Fortune 100. Many expect that deal activity will increase in 2025.
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Mar 12, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Snehal Desai |Liisa M. Thomas
Many expect that deal activity will increase in 2025. As we approach the end of the first quarter, it is helpful to keep in mind privacy and data security issues that can potentially derail a deal. We discussed this in a webinar last week, where we highlighted issues from the buyer’s perspective.
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Mar 12, 2025 | 
lexology.com | Liisa M. Thomas |Snehal Desai
Many expect that deal activity will increase in 2025. As we approach the end of the first quarter, it is helpful to keep in mind privacy and data security issues that can potentially derail a deal. We discussed this in a webinar last week, where we highlighted issues from the buyer’s perspective. We recap the highlights here: Take a Smart Start Approach: Often when privacy “specialists” are brought into deals, it is without a clear understanding of the goal of the deal and post-acquisition plans.
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Mar 3, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Liisa M. Thomas |Jonathan Meyer |Kathryn Smith |Snehal Desai
SM Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton More Sheppard Mullin is a full service Global 100 firm with over 1,000 attorneys in 16 offices located in the United States, Europe and Asia. Since 1927, companies have turned to Sheppard Mullin to handle corporate and technology matters, high stakes litigation and complex financial transactions. In the US, the firm’s clients include more than half of the Fortune 100.
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Feb 26, 2025 | 
lexology.com | Liisa M. Thomas |Jonathan Meyer |Kathryn Smith |Snehal Desai
In the waning days of the Biden administration, the FTC published an update to its COPPA Privacy Rule. The status of this update, however, is unclear. The revisions to the rule were posted on the FTC website prior to the Trump administration, but had not yet been published in the Federal Register. Trump’s Presidential Memorandum freezing pending federal regulations means that it has not yet been published. And publication is the next step towards it going into effect.
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Liisa M. Thomas |Snehal Desai |James O'Reilly
The Ninth Circuit continued the pause on California's SB 976 (Protecting Our Kidsfrom Social Media Addiction Act) as of late January 2025. The lawwas signed by Governor Newsom in September 2024,and challenged by NetChoice shortly thereafter. A federal judge first enjoined the law until February 1, 2025. Thecase continued in the courts, and most recently the Ninth Circuitblocked the law until April of 2025. At thattime, it will examine substantively whether the law infringes freespeech rights.
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Snehal Desai |Liisa M. Thomas
[co-author: James O'Reilly*]The Ninth Circuit continued the pause on California’s SB 976 (Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act) as of late January 2025. The law was signed by Governor Newsom in September 2024, and challenged by NetChoice shortly thereafter. A federal judge first enjoined the law until February 1, 2025. The case continued in the courts, and most recently the Ninth Circuit blocked the law until April of 2025.
