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Updates on advertising law and privacy law trends, issues, and developments

Pushing the Boundaries of Existing Authority: Section 19 Post-AMG Capital Management

It was an extraordinary week as the FTC continued to press the frontier of the post- AMG Capital Management landscape. On Friday, the Commission, making good on promises to creatively explore all of its options for…

Hope Emerges at Senate Data Security Hearing – But Will Congress Grab the Brass Ring?

On October 6, 2021, the Senate Commerce Committee conducted its second in a series of hearings dedicated to consumer privacy and data, this time addressing Data Security . Similar to last week’s privacy hearing, the…

FTC Threatens 70 Colleges with Civil Penalties in Attempt to Resurrect Penalty Offense Authority

Making good on promises to creatively explore all of its options for enforcement, the FTC yesterday notified 70 for-profit higher educational institutions that it intends to use its long dormant Penalty Offense…

Soltani Appointed as Inaugural California Privacy Protection Agency Executive Director

During last month’s California Privacy Protection Agency Board ( CPPA ) meeting, the only substantive agenda item, addressed in closed session, was a discussion of two key appointments: the first Executive Director and…

Food Industry Litigation and Regulatory Highlights, July – September 2021

If the summer slide and the start of school kept you too busy to follow what’s going on in the food scene, we hear you! Catch up on key developments below in this issue of our Food Industry Litigation and Regulatory…