While big press outlets focus on major investigations into Google and Facebook, a more consequential and farther-reaching case is about to reach a critical stage. In a briefing hosted by ACT | The App Association last week, congressional staff heard from a variety of stakeholders who cautioned that a Qualcomm [...]
Recently, the Connected Health Initiative (CHI) sent newly-appointed U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn a welcome letter outlining CHI’s current advocacy on digital health regulations before the agency. Commissioner Hahn joins FDA at a critical time for furthering use of connected health tools and has a [...]
If you checked your email inbox lately you will realize that the long-awaited California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is officially in effect. As a result, virtually every company with a national footprint must now comply with a long list of new requirements that fundamentally change the business-consumer relationship, as well [...]
Key Lessons from the 14 Amicus Briefs Filed in Support of the FTC in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals In a key court case poised to make or break the innovation cycle in America, Qualcomm and its allies are recycling the same tired arguments in their effort to overturn [...]
As my colleague observed in a recent piece, while 2019 did not quite pan out as the “year of privacy” that some predicted, lawmakers did achieve significant progress last year. In fact, Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) of the Senate Commerce Committee each recently unveiled [...]
