On January 20, 2026, the New Jersey Governor signed Assembly Bill A5017 (“Amendment”), amending the New Jersey Data Protection Act (“NJDPA”). The Amendment exempts data that is not protected health information (“non-PHI”) from the NJDPA when it is handled by covered entities or business associates in accordance with the privacy and security requirements of the […]
FTC Reverses Rytr Consent Order Amid Push for Federal AI Standards
On December 22, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) set aside its 2024 consent order against Rytr, a generative AI-powered company, concluding that the original complaint “failed to satisfy the legal requirements of the FTC Act” and that the order unduly burdened AI innovation in violation of the Trump Administration’s January 2025 AI Executive Order […]
New York Regulates Large Artificial Intelligence Models
On December 19, 2025, just eight days after President Trump issued an executive order titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence” to challenge burdensome state laws that regulate artificial intelligence (the “December 2025 EO”), New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Responsible Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) Safety and Education Act (the “RAISE Act”). The […]
Texas Court Blocks Smart TV Data Collection
A Texas state court has issued a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) blocking Hisense, a major Chinese smart TV manufacturer, from collecting data on the content viewers watch via Automatic Content Recognition (“ACR”) technology. Background The TRO follows lawsuits that Texas Attorney General (“AG”) Ken Paxton filed on December 15, 2025, against Hisense and four other […]
HIPAA Security Rule: Still on Track for Finalization
Since the HHS Office for Civil Rights’ (OCR) publication of a proposed rule to overhaul the HIPAA Security Rule in January 2025, many in the health care and privacy community have wondered whether the rule would quietly fade away. Some even hoped it might be “dead in the water.” However, despite sharp criticisms and industry […]