Technology & Intellectual Property Update

President Biden signed an Executive Order[1] in May 2021 directing federal agencies to take several proactive steps to help the nation defend against cyber security attacks.  The Order is drafted with very specific implementation steps, which is a departure from prior orders.  Prior executive orders were often purposefully vague, leaving […]

Earlier this term, in Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. the Supreme Court issued an impactful ruling holding that Google’s use of Oracle’s application programming interfaces (APIs) did not constitute copyright infringement under the fair use doctrine.  Importantly, the Supreme Court did not decide whether such APIs were copyrightable –leaving […]

Colorado Earlier this month, Colorado joined California and Virginia as the third state to pass a comprehensive consumer data privacy bill.  The Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”) is a broad privacy law that applies to entities that produce products or services targeted to Colorado residents that either (i) control or process […]

As the payments industry awaits expected increases in enforcement activity from the newly revamped Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, two recent state level actions brought against digital banking platform Chime have underscored the importance of financial service marketing activities conducted by non-bank entities and the use of the terms “bank” or […]

In March, we examined trends in the California Attorney General’s enforcement of the California Consumer Protection Act (the “CCPA”), and this month we’ll look at trends in suits arising from the CCPA’s private right of action. As a reminder, the CCPA provides a private right of action that allows consumers […]