Aug 31, 2020 Muting Misinformation: Only you can prevent the spread of political untruths By Mark Sableman Political misinformation on the Internet is likely to continue, and our previous posts on laws, business practices and reforms have made...
Aug 28, 2020 Hot tea lawsuit fails on appeal By Thompson Coburn Even before COVID-19, coffee companies were navigating the safety challenges of serving hot beverages to customers. On August 18, 2020 –...
Aug 25, 2020 FDA and OSHA publish pandemic checklist to assist food industry By Thompson Coburn On August 19, 2020, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a...
Aug 24, 2020 Muting Misinformation: Can Congress legislate a solution? By Mark Sableman Existing U.S. laws don’t prevent misinformation on the Internet, as we have seen, nor do social media companies keep it off their...
Aug 24, 2020 HHS provides update for Provider Relief Fund reporting requirements By Nicole Jobe The Provider Relief Fund was established as part of the CARES Act to reimburse eligible health care providers for expenses or lost...
Aug 18, 2020 Office of Administrative Law approves final CCPA regulations By Luke Sosnicki James Shreve Elizabeth Casale On August 14, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced that the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) had approved the...
Aug 18, 2020 Office of Administrative Law approves final CCPA regulations By James Shreve Luke Sosnicki Elizabeth Casale On August 14, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced that the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) had approved the...
Aug 17, 2020 Muting Misinformation: What’s the role of social media companies? By Mark Sableman Can we rely on social media companies to vet and clean up their content, so that misinformation doesn’t pollute the 2020 political...
Aug 10, 2020 Muting Misinformation: Can we sue to stop misleading political speech? By Mark Sableman As we enter the 2020 election season, Americans are likely to be flooded with misinformation and disinformation, particularly on social...
Aug 06, 2020 Proposed bill may ease access to financial services for California cannabis businesses By Thompson Coburn On August 11, 2020, the California Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee will hold a hearing on Assembly Bill 1525. The...
Aug 03, 2020 Photo embedding cases depend on social media company decisions By Mark Sableman Things were so simple in the old days. What was said in the public square could be heard and repeated by anyone. But today’s public...
Aug 03, 2020 Legislative Day By Christopher Murray Legislative Day: A period of time that begins when a chamber of Congress gavels into session and ends when the chamber formally adjourns....