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Dark Patterns: A New Legal Standard or Just a Catchy Name? (Part Two)

In Part One of this discussion, we provided background on the concept of dark patterns and analyzed some recent examples from State AG enforcement. We concluded that, in alleging dark patterns, State AGs are…

Dark Patterns: A New Legal Standard or Just a Catchy Name? (Part One)

State and federal regulators have definitely put a new emphasis on combatting so-called “dark patterns” – a term attributed in 2010 to user-experience expert Harry Brignull, who runs the website darkpatterns.org.…