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This Wednesday, July 22 Selling Online: How to Avoid Flattening the Curve of an Uptick in Website Traffic Register Here COVID-19 has increased the already dizzying amount of online sales, making the applicable…

Beginning of a TCPA Clean-Up? FCC Sets Another Robocall Blocking Item for Vote While Addressing Two of Nearly Three Dozen Pending Petitions

On the same day that the FCC set a call blocking declaratory ruling for vote at its July 2020 Open Meeting, the FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau issued rulings in two long-pending petitions for…

Executive Order Strikes at Section 230, But Legal Impact Likely to be Limited

In previous posts, we've written about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Like it or hate it, Section 230 has become integral to the internet, and it’s no exaggeration to say that social media probably…

Keep Calm and Go Online: Regulatory Considerations Around the Spike in Demand for Mental Health Apps

Kelley Drye

A recent Marketplace Tech podcast episode on the spike in demand for mental health apps caught our attention. As shocking headlines and stay-at-home orders rolled across the country, demand for mental health apps…

Democrats Release Their Own COVID-19 Privacy Legislation

Following the Republican-sponsored COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act of 2019, Democratic legislators recently introduced the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act . Senators Richard Blumenthal and Mark Warner of…