On June 12, 2025, the Vermont governor signed Senate Bill 69 ( “VT AADC”) into law, creating the fourth standalone state “age-appropriate design code” law governing the design of services reasonably likely to be accessed by minors....

Reprinted with permission from the March 2025 issue of Cybersecurity Law & Strategy. © 2025 ALM Media Properties, LLC. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved. For decades, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office joined forces against NGL Labs, LLC (NGL) and two of its co-founders for “unlawfully exploiting kids for profit” according to FTC Chair, Lina...

With a unanimous vote on March 14, 2024, the Federal Communication Commission (“FCC”) adopted its proposed order to launch a voluntary cybersecurity labeling program (“Program”) for Internet-connected smart devices. As discussed in our August 2023 blog, this cybersecurity labeling Program...

The FTC settled with online shoe retailer, Hey Dude, Inc., stating that Hey Dude deceptively suppressed negative consumer reviews of products available on its platform in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act. The draft...

In three separate cases, the FTC brought claims that companies collecting children’s information violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), requiring the companies to comply with COPPA, delete inactive data, provide notices to parents,...