10/7/2025 2:15:00 PM ‘What is illegal offline, must be illegal online’: Cyberflashing and the Online Safety Act By Terry Green Larry Wong Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has announced that cyberflashing will be categorised as a ‘priority offence’ under the Online Safety Act...
10/6/2025 10:04:35 AM FCA Publishes Updates on Clarifying and Streamlining the UK Consumer Duty By Christopher Collins Neil Robson Sara Portillo James Wells +1 more... Show less On 30 September 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published three updates in connection with the Consumer Duty (the Duty): (i)...
9/30/2025 5:16:14 PM FTC’s Landmark $2.5 Billion Amazon Settlement Highlights Ongoing Focus on “Dark Patterns” By Catherine O'Brien Chris Cole Updated 9/30/2025 Three days into trial, Amazon agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit alleging that the...
9/12/2025 4:16:57 PM Ofcom Updates Guidance on Protecting People from Online Suicide and Self-Harm Material Amidst Investigation into Suicide Forum By Terry Green Larry Wong In our previous articles on Ofcom’s enforcement under the Online Safety Act (OSA), we examined age-appropriate access and the OSA’s...
9/4/2025 3:11:33 PM CMS Releases FAQ Discussing New WISeR Model By Ramana Rameswaran Joe Lecroy As a follow-up to its recent announcement of the new Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model (which we have previously...
8/22/2025 9:05:17 AM A (Byrne &) Storm is Brewing – Do Not Ignore the Online Safety Act’s International Reach By Terry Green Larry Wong Earlier this year, as deadlines for online platforms passed to implement highly effective age verification and to conduct risk...
8/1/2025 12:46:24 PM FTC Request for Information Regarding Gender Affirming Care By Kate Hardey Katy Pollitt On July 9, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) hosted a workshop to discuss unfair and/or deceptive trade practices in gender...
7/2/2025 1:58:24 PM CMS Unveils New Prior Authorization “WISeR Model” for Electrical Nerve Stimulators, Skin and Tissue Substitutes and Knee Arthroscopy By Ramana Rameswaran Joe Lecroy CMS recently announced a new model it will be using to pilot the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in reviewing prior...
6/27/2025 1:07:18 PM FDA Requesting Comments on Proposed Guidance Regarding 510(k) Transfers By Kate Hardey Brandon von Kriegelstein On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued draft guidance (the “510(k) Transfer Guidance”) related to the...
6/26/2025 8:55:55 PM Texas Federal Court Vacates Most of 2024 HIPAA Rule on Reproductive Health Information By Lisa Prather Brandon von Kriegelstein In 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (“HHS”) implemented a new privacy rule under the Health Insurance Portability...
6/25/2025 1:24:06 PM 5 Things to Know About Senate Bill 1318: Navigating New Non-Compete Restrictions for Healthcare Practitioners in Texas By Kenya Scott Woodruff Ramana Rameswaran Michelle Apodaca Lisa Prather Taylor Stilwell +2 more... Show less On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 1318 (“SB 1318”), which amends Texas Business & Commerce Code...
6/16/2025 4:36:07 PM FDA Reimagined: Faster, Friendlier, and Focused on Cures By Kate Hardey Brandon von Kriegelstein On June 10, 2025, the Commissioner of the FDA, Dr. Martin Makary, and Dr. Vinayak Prasad, the Director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics...
5/28/2025 7:27:08 PM Texas Nonprofit Healthcare Organizations May Be Vicariously Liable for Malpractice of Their Employee Physicians By Lisa Prather Joe Lecroy The Texas Supreme Court recently held that nonprofit health organizations could be vicariously liable for the alleged medical malpractice...
5/16/2025 10:35:06 AM Walking the Talk, Ofcom’s Online Safety Act Enforcement By Terry Green Back in March 2025, we published an article highlighting that Ofcom will be turning up the heat to ramp up pressure on platforms in...
4/29/2025 10:21:39 AM Byte-Sized Protection: Keeping Kids Safe Online, One Risk Assessment at a Time By Terry Green The protection of children on the internet has been a huge focus in the media lately, from calls for protection of children online from...
4/17/2025 6:48:01 PM The CFPB Shuts Down Controversial "Regulation Through Guidance" Practices By Ted Huffman Eric Hail The acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) continues to winnow out regulatory tools used by agency staff under...