United States: Privacy

The Perfect Law Class Action Conference at NYU brought together practitioners and academics from Europe, Canada, and the United States to debate cutting-edge issues in class action litigation, with particular focus on privacy violations, securities fraud, and the transformative impact of artificial intelligence. The conference explored how Article III standing requirements are shaping privacy class actions, with detailed analysis of recent cases demonstrating the critical importance of pleading specific, se

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 690, amending the California Invasion of Privacy Act to restrict private plaintiffs from bringing pen register and trap and trace claims arising from web-based conduct. While this amendment aims to reduce the wave of private CIPA litigation targeting website tracking technology, businesses remain exposed to several major types of claims and enforcement mechanisms under CIPA and related statutes.

Alabama, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Vermont have enacted comprehensive consumer privacy laws, adding to the growing patchwork of state privacy regulations. While these laws share a common framework with existing state privacy statutes, each contains distinct requirements regarding applicability thresholds, opt-out mechanisms, sensitive data processing, and enforcement provisions that businesses must navigate carefully.

The Perfect Law Class Action Conference at NYU brought together practitioners and academics from Europe, Canada, and the United States to debate cutting-edge issues in class action litigation, with particular focus on privacy violations, securities fraud, and the transformative impact of artificial intelligence. The conference explored how Article III standing requirements are shaping privacy class actions, with detailed analysis of recent cases demonstrating the critical importance of pleading specific, se

With federal agencies pulling back on enforcement, state attorneys general are increasingly filling the regulatory gap through coordinated actions on consumer protection, antitrust, and privacy matters. Skadden partners examine which areas states are prioritizing and how this shift in enforcement landscape affects corporate compliance strategies and M&A transactions.

Enterprise AI creates legal risk throughout the AI lifecycle, beginning before deployment. Model selection, data pipelines, vendor relationships, AI-generated outputs, consequential decision-making, contracts, and governance can create intellectual-property, privacy, confidentiality, contractual, regulatory, and liability exposure. Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping real-money gaming, but its value proposition is inseparable from regulatory risk.