Publications

On Wednesday, April 23, while attending the IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2025, we had the opportunity to hear Stevie DeGroff, First Assistant Attorney General, Technology and Privacy Protection Unit at the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, Kristen Hilton, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Consumer Privacy and Data Security of the Oregon Department of Justice, […]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched an “Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force”.  The mission of this Task Force is to identify and eliminate anticompetitive state and federal laws and regulations that undermine free market competition.  The creation of the Task Force follows an executive order issued by President Trump whereby […]

On April 18, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (the “Federal Reserve”) each announced a consent order against Discover and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, “Discover”) in connection with Discover’s categorization of consumer credit cards for interchange purposes. In particular, each […]

On March 12, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) announced its first enforcement settlement action under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) against American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (“Honda”). Pursuant to the settlement, Honda has agreed to change its privacy related business practices and pay a $632,500 fine to resolve […]

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Oracle Corporation in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in association with a January 2025 data breach.  After initially denying that it suffered a security breach, in an April 7th email Oracle officially notified customers that its healthcare […]