Worldwide: IT and Internet

Retailers are rapidly expanding their use of biometric technologies—from facial recognition for loss prevention to palm-based payments—raising critical questions about privacy, data ownership, and regulatory compliance. As state laws diverge on how security versus marketing uses are treated, the distinction between these applications is becoming one of the most important lines for retailers to navigate.

The CommLaw Group announces a strategic return to its founding principles, emphasizing practical legal counsel, alternative fee arrangements, and responsible AI integration through its Collaborative Vigilance approach.

Your Tribal casino’s financial systems do more than track revenue. They help fund essential Tribal services — from education and healthcare to infrastructure and cultural programs.

On February 8, 2026,1 the Federal Department of Health and Human Services (the Department/HHS) issued the forthcoming publication of an Interim Final Rule (IFR) extending the dates that recipients of HHS funding...

Recent cyber campaigns reveal how attackers exploit trusted brands and platforms to deliver malware through fake websites and sponsored ads.

It’s been a minute since we blogged about embedded videos. (See this post and this one.) The Second Circuit recently gave us a good reason to do so again.

California's Comprehensive Data Access and Fraud Act (CDAFA) is emerging as a powerful tool in privacy litigation, but what exactly does this 1989 statute regulate? As plaintiffs increasingly leverage CDAFA claims against companies using third-party tracking scripts and cookies, courts are grappling with ambiguous statutory language while allowing disgorgement theories of injury to proceed—creating new litigation risks for businesses in the digital advertising space.

Courts are grappling with a fundamental question as AI capabilities advance: can artificial intelligence be recognized as a creator of intellectual property rights, or must it remain classified as a tool wielded by human actors? Recent judicial decisions across multiple IP regimes reveal a consistent refusal to extend legal personhood or creative agency to AI systems, while new regulatory frameworks in California...

Sophisticated companies tend to think of copyright as an issue for consumer-facing brands, media companies, or lone creators, not for themselves. Yet copyright questions now surface in everything from pitch decks...