Privacy & Data Security

July 23, 2026
Prolific Privacy Litigant Declared “Vexatious” by Federal Court

A federal court just made it harder for one of the country’s most active website-privacy plaintiffs to continue operating the way he has been. But if your business has received

July 1, 2026
A California Court Just Handed Website Operators a Win on CIPA

For the past several years, plaintiffs’ lawyers have been testing the outer limits of California’s Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), wielding a statute originally designed to combat telephone wiretapping as

June 22, 2026
Is That Bot in Your Meeting Breaking the Law?

If you’ve been in a virtual meeting lately, you’ve probably seen one: a participant named “Otter.ai” or “Fireflies notetaker” sitting quietly in the corner, recording everything. AI notetaking tools are

June 11, 2026
Illinois Takes Aim at “Frontier AI”: What SB 315 Means for Developers, Compliance Officers, and the Future of AI Regulation

Illinois just made a significant move in the AI governance space. On May 27, 2026, the state’s General Assembly passed Senate Bill 315, the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act. With

April 17, 2026
Legal Lines Around AI: Building an AI Governance Program That Scales

Across the United States, AI regulation is evolving quickly but not randomly. While state laws vary in scope, applicability, and mechanics, they are converging on a shared principle: AI systems

April 14, 2026
Legal Lines Around AI: Assessing Risk Before AI Decides

In the last two installments of Legal Lines Around AI, we examined how transparency and consumer rights work together to give individuals greater control over how businesses use high‑risk AI

April 9, 2026
Legal Lines Around AI: The Rise of Consumer Control Over AI Decisions

In our last Legal Lines Around AI post, we explored how emerging AI laws increasingly rely on disclosure obligations as a front‑line consumer protection tool. But this is only the

April 7, 2026
Legal Lines Around AI: The Expanding Disclosure Obligations for AI Systems

Disclosures are a central regulatory requirement across consumer protection laws to promote transparency, fairness, and accountability. In this third installment of Legal Lines Around AI, we examine how emerging AI

April 2, 2026
Legal Lines Around AI: Are You Developing or Deploying a “High‑Risk” AI System?

Under comprehensive AI laws, one question largely determines a company’s regulatory exposure: are you developing or deploying an AI system that qualifies as “high risk”? In this second installment of

March 31, 2026
Legal Lines Around AI: Navigating the AI Legal Landscape

Welcome to Legal Lines Around AI, a six‑part blog series exploring how AI laws are taking shape in the United States and what those changes mean for businesses using, building,