On this episode of the R&G Tech Studio, litigation & enforcement partner Ama Adams, who’s also the managing partner of Ropes & Gray’s Washington, D.C. office, sits down with data, privacy & cybersecurity partner Fran Faircloth to discuss how she helps clients bridge the gap between ongoing national security concerns and the rapidly evolving
Tune in to the third episode of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series, The Data Day, brought to you by the firm’s data, privacy & cybersecurity practice. This series focuses on the day-to-day effects that data has on all of our lives as well as other exciting and interesting legal and regulatory developments in the
On this episode of the R&G Tech Studio, intellectual property transactions and technology co-leader Megan Baca, who’s also co-leader of the firm’s digital health initiative, sits down with data, privacy & cybersecurity partner Fran Faircloth to discuss the innovation of AI and its impacts on collaboration, research and development, particularly in the digital health
Tune in to the second episode of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series The Data Day, brought to you by the firm’s data, privacy & cybersecurity practice. This series focuses on the day-to-day effects that data has on all of our lives as well as other exciting and interesting legal and regulatory developments in the
Tune in to the first episode of Ropes & Gray’s new podcast series, The Data Day, brought to you by the firm’s data, privacy & cybersecurity practice. This series will focus on the day-to-day effects that data has on all of our lives as well as other exciting and interesting legal and regulatory developments
On January 28 we celebrate Data Protection Day, the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108, the first legally binding international law on data protection, which was signed on January 28, 1981. Data Protection Day is a chance for us to raise awareness about data protection and privacy, reflect on the progress made over
We’ve been closely watching the evolution of telemarketing laws since the Supreme Court’s 2021 decision in Facebook v. Duguid, which held that most modern dialing systems are not autodialers—or “automated telephone dialing systems” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The Facebook decision led to a flurry of legislative activity at both the state and federal levels. Florida and Oklahoma enacted state-level statutes that have been interpreted to cover modern dialing systems, and Georgia, Washington, Michigan and other states have considered similar legislation. At the federal level, a new bill was proposed in July 2022 that would have amended the TCPA to cover 21st century dialing technologies—not just those using a random or sequential number generator. The federal bill has not made any meaningful progress, but a recent request from FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel may prompt the legislature to act.
It’s that time of year again—time to deck the firewalls and leave session cookies for Santa. We are rolling out another season of the 12 Days of Data.
Over the next twelve business days, we will be roasting data chestnuts on an open fire while visions of pixels dance in our heads, as we close
If 2022 has been any indication, the innovations of Web3—the developing, largely decentralized, autonomous internet, enabled by technologies such as blockchain, smart contracts, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), and digital assets—will lead to an era of rethinking the ways that privacy, cybersecurity, and consumer protection are regulated for these technologies. Proponents of Web3 argue that Web3 will promote individual data ownership, transparency, and freedom, but over the last few years, lawmakers have struggled to keep up with the rapidly changing nature of the Web3 space and force the new technology to fit within the existing legal framework.
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade and holding that there is no constitutionally protected right to abortion. The significance of the decision cannot be overstated. Dobbs not only rolled back the Court’s prior protection of reproductive rights, it also raised still-unanswered questions about the privacy of digital data and could lead to the overturning of other previous Court opinions that are similarly grounded in privacy interests. In sparking such questions, Dobbs appears to have reinvigorated a national conversation regarding the protection of personal information and, more generally, the need for stronger data privacy safeguards in the United States.
Continue Reading Four Months after Dobbs, Privacy Concerns Remain in the Spotlight