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California's Latest Trailblazing Privacy Rules Getting Criticized From Every Direction
“It will essentially break the internet” if consumers’ rights to opt out of website advertising are too sweeping, said Rick Arney, who co-wrote the legislation creating the California Privacy Protection Agency.
Court, Not Arbitrator, Must Decide Coinbase Dispute, Justices Hold in Win for Plaintiffs
“Where, as here, parties have agreed to two contracts—one sending arbitrability disputes to arbitration, and the other either explicitly or implicitly sending arbitrability disputes to the courts—a court must decide which contract governs,” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote.
'Ahead of the Curve': Are Campus Protests in the Rearview Mirror?
I will not present a side here because there isn’t a “good” side to take. In my opinion, there aren’t even “sides” as much as multifaceted issues at play.
A Cautionary Tale: EPA Lists PFOA and PFOS as Hazardous Substances
“The EPA’s new PFAS rule is the agency’s first-ever exercise of its authority under Section 102(a) to directly identify CERCLA-specific hazardous substances,” write Andrea Driggs, Meredith Weinberg and Benjamin Longbottom of Perkins Coie.