Technology & Intellectual Property Update

In a recent court case filed in Superior Court in California[1], a law firm alleges that a managed service provider (“MSP”) is partly to blame for the loss of their data as a result of a cyber-breach. The law firm’s complaint states that the MSP was hired in part to […]

Consistent with the national trend focusing on data privacy, this Nebraska Unicameral session has considered several data privacy related bills. One in particular, LB 308 (the Genetic Information Privacy Act or “GIPA”), made its way to the Governor who signed the bill into law on February 13, 2024. Nebraska’s GIPA […]

As it did with the regulation of data privacy by adopting the GDPR, the European Union is once again at the forefront of regulation.  This time the EU Parliament has taken up regulation of AI.  The Parliament started down the path to define regulations related to the use of AI […]

Nebraska Introduces Data Privacy Act The Nebraska Unicameral is currently reviewing a consumer data privacy law that would provide Nebraska residents with certain rights related to their personal data.  Last month, Sen. Eliot Bostar introduced LB1294, known as the Data Privacy Act (the “Act”), which, if passed, would be Nebraska’s […]

On January 4, 2024, 1% of Chrome users received a notification indicating that they would be able to “Browse with more privacy.” In effect, Google has begun testing Tracking Protection, a newly introduced feature that restricts third-party cookies. For several years, Google has been taking steps toward protecting user privacy […]