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COVID-19: Companies, Trade Organizations Seek to Postpone CCPA Enforcement Date Image

COVID-19: Companies, Trade Organizations Seek to Postpone CCPA Enforcement Date

Dan Clark

Over 30 trade associations and companies co-signed a letter last month to California Attorney General Xavier Becerra asking him to push back the enforcement date for the California Consumer Privacy Act due to the new coronavirus and a lack of clarity on the enforcement rules.

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The California Consumer Privacy Act is HERE: Are You Litigation Ready? Image

The California Consumer Privacy Act is HERE: Are You Litigation Ready?

Ann Marie Mortimer, Jason J. Kim & Lisa J. Sotto

Most companies doing business in California are well aware of the CCPA and prepared diligently in advance of the law's Jan. 1, 2020 compliance deadline. While compliance certainly is key, even compliant businesses must consider — and prepare for — the eventual onslaught of class action litigation that is coming.

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States Take the Lead on Securing IoT Image

States Take the Lead on Securing IoT

Ashley Thomas

The California IoT Security Law is the first of its kind in the nation and pushes device manufacturers to adopt cybersecurity standards during the product development and design stages where none have existed before.

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Neighbor Standing to Challenge SEQRA Determinations Image

Neighbor Standing to Challenge SEQRA Determinations

Stewart E. Sterk

When does an immediately adjacent neighbor have standing to challenge a SEQRA determination? In Matter of Sun-Brite Car Wash, Inc. v. Board of Zoning and Appeals, the Court of Appeals made it clear that adjacent neighbors have presumptive standing to challenge zoning determinations.

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Swedish Music Industry Views: Part Two Image

Swedish Music Industry Views: Part Two

Stan Soocher

Among other things, the article discusses the Swedish music industry perspective on the European Union's Copyright Directive, the growth of multi-country music licensing hubs and the impact of Brexit.

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Neighbor Standing to Challenge SEQRA Determinations Image

Neighbor Standing to Challenge SEQRA Determinations

Stewart E. Sterk

When does an immediately adjacent neighbor have standing to challenge a SEQRA determination?

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Agency: A New Frontier for FCPA Jurisdiction Image

Agency: A New Frontier for FCPA Jurisdiction

Darren LaVerne, Michael Martinez & Eric Rosoff

The Hoskins case highlighted the manner by which the DOJ (and the SEC, which has civil enforcement jurisdiction under the FCPA) can harness the common-law doctrine of agency to expand the reach of the statute.

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SEC Proposes Changes to Accredited Investor Definition

Peter Fass

Real estate syndication offerings often rely on Rule 506 of Regulation D to exempt such offerings from registration under the Securities Act. Rule 506 requires that, with certain limited exceptions, purchasers of the securities offered are limited to accredited investors. Amendments proposed by the SEC in December modify certain of the existing categories of accredited investors and create certain new categories.

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SEC Proposes Changes to Accredited Investor Definition

Peter Fass

The definition of "accredited investor" uses income and net worth thresholds to identify natural persons as accredited investors.

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More Regulation, Stronger Investigations and Home Tech Devices Concerns to Come in 2020, New Gibson Dunn Report Warns Image

More Regulation, Stronger Investigations and Home Tech Devices Concerns to Come in 2020, New Gibson Dunn Report Warns

ssalkin

On Data Privacy Day last month, Gibson Dunn released the eighth edition of its United States Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Outlook and Review. The report details trends that the privacy industry saw in 2019 from a legislative, regulatory and judicial perspective.

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