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On Sunday evening, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he will name Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr as Chair of the FCC.  Because Commissioner Carr is a sitting Commissioner, no Senate confirmation is needed, and he will become FCC Chairman as of Inauguration Day on January 20, 2025.   

While Carr was widely seen as

Continue Reading Trump Signals Continued Focus on “Big Tech” in Naming Brendan Carr as FCC Chair

With U.S. President Trump returning to the White House, we expect the regulatory landscape facing technology and communications companies to shift significantly, if not uniformly. 

On the one hand, media and telecommunications companies that have long been regulated heavily by the FCC can likely expect a more deregulatory environment than they have experienced under the Biden Administration (with potential caveats).  On the other, large technology companies, which have largely avoided heavy-handed regulation, can expect to face a more active regulatory environment aimed at limiting or preventing content moderation decisions that the incoming Administration has characterized as “censorship” of conservative viewpoints.  Meanwhile, bipartisan priorities—such as the commitment to ensuring national security in the telecommunications sector—will likely continue to be a major focus of regulatory agencies.  While the assessments of regulatory risks and opportunities will continue to be refined and updated as the next Trump administration takes shape, we highlight here a few trends that are likely to influence policy and regulation at the FCC over the next four years.Continue Reading Likely Trends in U.S. Tech and Media Regulation Under the New Trump Administration

In a new post on the Inside Privacy blog, our colleagues discuss the Federal Trade Commission’s final “click-to-cancel” rule, which amends the previous Negative Option Rule to “make it as easy for consumers to cancel their enrollment as it was to sign up.”  The Rule imposes extensive requirements regarding misrepresentations, disclosures, and consent, among

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In a new post on the Inside Privacy blog, our colleagues discuss SB 976, the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act, which California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law on September 20, 2024. The Act prohibits an “addictive internet-based service or platform” from providing an “addictive feed” to a minor unless

Continue Reading California Passes Law to Protect Minors from “Addictive Feeds”

In a new post on the Inside Government Contracts blog, our colleagues discuss new reporting requirements by the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security for the development of advanced AI models and possession of large-scale computing clusters.

Continue Reading Every Quarter, On the Quarter:  BIS Proposes New Reporting Requirements for the Development of Advanced Artificial Intelligence Models and Possession of Large-Scale Computing Clusters

In a new post on the Inside Privacy blog, our colleagues discuss the European Commission’s recent announcement of new standard contractual clauses for transfers of personal data to non-EU controllers and processors subject to the EU GDPR.

Continue Reading EU Commission Announces New SCCs for International Transfers to Non-EU Controllers and Processors Subject to the GDPR

In a new post on the Inside Class Actions blog, our colleagues summarize a Nevada federal court’s May 8 dismissal of a class action complaint in Gibson v. Cendyn, the first of a series of recent algorithmic price-fixing cases to reach a final disposition.  The court found that plaintiffs failed to adequately allege

Continue Reading No Dice:  Nevada Court Dismisses with Prejudice Algorithmic Price Fixing Theories in Vegas Hotels Case