Technology & Intellectual Property Update

Earlier this year, Nebraska became the third state to pass age-appropriate design code legislation (joining California and Maryland), which reflects a growing concern among states over how online platforms handle the personal data of minors.  Age-appropriate design code laws are designed to introduce safeguards to protect children’s personal data from […]

On September 5, 2025, Apple became the next artificial intelligence (“AI”) proprietor to be hit with a class action lawsuit brought by authors claiming that their copyrighted books were illegally used to train an AI product. Plaintiffs Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson, two American authors, brought the suit on behalf […]

Following President Trump’s Executive Order last month, Executive Order 14331 (the “EO”), on September 8, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) released a bulletin on politicized or unlawful debanking (the “Bulletin”). The Bulletin – from newly Senate confirmed comptroller Jonathan Gould – clarifies how the OCC […]

Every state, several federal agencies, and even territories of the United States have data breach notification statutes. The definition of what constitutes a data breach usually involves the terms “access” or “acquisition” of data. The terms have distinct meaning, but the definition of “acquisition” has slowly changed with guidance and […]

On August 7, President Trump signed an Executive Order (the “Order”) aimed at financial institutions and intended to prevent unlawful “debanking,” which the order defines as denying an individual access to financial services based on the individual’s constitutionally protected beliefs, affiliates, or political views. The Order requires that any decision […]