On March 13, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted a preliminary injunction preventing the California Attorney General (AG) from enforcing the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA). The decision followed the California AG’s agreement to delay the enforcement of CAADCA until April 5, 2025. As of now, the California […]
Privacy & Cybersecurity Litigation
New York AG Announces $650,000 Settlement with Social Media App Developer for Students’ Privacy and Safety Concerns
On March 7, 2025, the Office of the New York State Attorney General (NY AG) published an Assurance of Discontinuance (Assurance) settling claims against Saturn Technologies, Inc. (company), a developer of a social media app for high school students. The NY AG found that the company made unsubstantiated claims about the app’s privacy and safety […]
California Attorney General Targets Location Data in New Investigative Sweep
This week California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a new investigative sweep under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). We have anticipated this sweep for some time based on the focus and the direction of a number of inquiries, investigations, and enforcement proceedings initiated by Attorney General Bonta’s office over the past 12-24 months. The […]
California Attorney General Delays Enforcement of CAADCA Amidst Legal Challenge
On March 4, 2025, the California Attorney General (AG) announced a further delay in the enforcement of the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA) until April 5, 2025. Initially operative on July 1, 2024, CAADCA’s enforcement had already been postponed to March 6, 2025, due to a trade association’s challenge to the statute’s validity. This […]
State AGs Publish Guidance on How State Laws Apply to AI
On December 24, 2024 and January 13, 2025, the Oregon Attorney General’s Office and the California Attorney General’s Office published advisories (collectively, “Advisories”) explaining how existing statutes may be used to regulate, investigate and enforce against artificial intelligence (“AI”). These Advisories serve to remind AI developers, suppliers and users of heightened regulatory scrutiny of AI, […]