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Another Crack in the Agency Armor – Supreme Court Further Expands Judicial Review of Certain Federal Agency Actions
On June 20, 2025, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 opinion holding that U.S. district courts are not bound to follow a federal agency’s interpretation of a statute even though the Hobbs Administrative Orders Review Act…
Fragmentation of Privacy Requirements Accelerates as Four States Amend Nascent Laws
On June 25, 2025, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law a major amendment to the state’s comprehensive privacy law (CTDPA), just over three years after signing the CTDPA into law on May 10, 2022 and two years…
House Subcommittee Considers Modernizing Financial Services Under a National Privacy Framework
On Thursday, the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions held a hearing entitled, “Framework for the Future: Reviewing Data Privacy in Today’s Financial System.” Hearing…
"Junk Fee" Legislative Roundup – 2025 Edition
2024 was an action-packed year for followers of federal and state laws and regulations governing the disclosure of fees, or so-called “junk fee” laws. In the waning days of the Biden administration, the FTC released a…
Massachusetts Hops on the Junk Fee Bandwagon – and Online Cancellation, Too
This week, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell’s office touted the release of draft regulations to prohibit hidden “junk fees,” enhance transparency in various transactions, and make it easy for…