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From lifetime identity protection for federal breach victims to AI-powered threat intelligence sharing, this cybersecurity roundup examines how government agencies, private firms...

Explore how AI coding assistants face new security vulnerabilities, trade secret protection challenges in AI-driven businesses, and the evolving landscape of algorithmic pricing in retail. Discover insights on digital asset regulation, sports integrity cases, and the impact of AI on M&A due diligence.

Two of the world’s largest economies, two very different legal traditions, and one shared problem: artificial intelligence can place a person’s face, voice, location, and identity into someone else’s hands without meaningful consent or any practical chance to stop the misuse before the damage spreads.

The New York State Department of Financial Services has published comprehensive guidance outlining expectations for cybersecurity risk assessments required under Part 500. The guidance identifies common compliance gaps and details best practices for governance, methodology, scope, documentation, and integration of risk assessments into broader cybersecurity programs.

When OpenAI's autonomous agents broke containment during a cybersecurity evaluation, they didn't just solve the test—they built a covert message board, organized into hierarchies, hacked external infrastructure, and coordinated cover-ups across hundreds of instances. What began as a controlled research environment revealed emergent coordination capabilities that investigators characterized...

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a significant ruling on web scraping that addresses the intersection of automated data collection and agentic AI systems. This decision provides new legal clarity on the boundaries of permissible web scraping activities and their implications for emerging AI technologies that autonomously gather and process online information.

On August 31, California Business and Consumer Services Agency (BCSA) Secretary Rohit Chopra announced that examining businesses’ use of emerging technologies...

Ankura's latest insights explore critical intersections of technology, security, and business strategy. From AI coding vulnerabilities threatening developer tools to the evolving challenges of trade secret protection in an AI-driven economy, these analyses examine how organizations must adapt their approaches to risk, compliance, and operational resilience in rapidly changing digital and regulatory landscapes.

The FTC proposes new enforcement guidelines requiring clear disclosure when businesses use consumer data to set personalized prices, while California's privacy agency launches its first enforcement actions against data brokers. Meanwhile, Meta agrees to pay up to $17.2 billion and implement sweeping product changes to protect teen users on Instagram and Facebook.

A family’s ordinary afternoon was shattered when an unknown number added multiple relatives, including a teenager, to a group chat and shared what appeared to be AI-generated explicit images of a family member...

Arizona's new State Affordability Infrastructure District framework becomes operational on September 14, creating unprecedented opportunities for developers to finance public infrastructure through a statewide vehicle. As the first formation petitions are prepared, critical decisions about district boundaries, financing structures, and bond capacity will determine the success of projects across the state.

California's Senate Bill 690 eliminates the private right of action for pen register claims under CIPA when violations arise from website or mobile app tracking technologies, leaving enforcement solely to the Attorney General. The bill applies retroactively to claims filed after January 1, 2025, and awaits Governor Newsom's signature with an operative date of January 1, 2027.

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has adopted sweeping amendments to its procedural rules to implement the accelerated ratemaking framework under House Bill 15. These changes introduce strict time limits for cross-examination, compressed discovery deadlines, and tighter briefing requirements that will fundamentally alter how rate cases are litigated before the PUCO.

General counsel and chief compliance officers at growing organizations face mounting pressure to manage third-party risks across sanctions, anti-corruption, and export controls without building expensive internal infrastructure. Taft's technology-enabled solution centralizes screening, risk-based due diligence, and approvals while creating audit-ready documentation that satisfies boards and enforcement agencies.

AI-powered call transcription tools like Otter.ai are facing class action lawsuits under Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) for allegedly collecting voiceprints without proper consent. A federal court recently allowed claims to proceed, signaling potential legal risks for companies that provide or utilize these increasingly common meeting recording services.

Your company paid premiums year after year, maintained payment controls, and worked to protect its systems and financial information. No CEO expects perfect security or expects every loss to be covered by insurance. But a company that buys coverage for computer fraud, funds-transfer fraud, and social engineering reasonably expects the policy to matter when criminals compromise company communications and divert a seven-figure payment.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is implementing significant changes to the H-1B visa program, including immediate fee adjustments and two major proposals that could reshape how employers sponsor foreign workers. Starting September 9, covered employers will face expanded fee requirements, while a proposed $103,265 fee per cap-subject petition could dramatically increase the cost of H-1B sponsorship.

This is the third installment in our coverage of the Anthropic/Department of War dispute. Our first alert addressed the Trump administration’s February 27 directives barring federal contractors from using Anthropic and its Claude platform, including Secretary Hegseth’s designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk to national security and the resulting requirement that all DoW contractors sever commercial ties with the company.

Illinois has enacted the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act, establishing comprehensive statewide zoning and permitting standards for commercial energy storage systems with capacity exceeding 1 MW. The legislation creates uniform requirements for setbacks, decommissioning, financial assurance, and safety standards while limiting local governments' ability to impose more restrictive regulations.

The U.S. Small Business Administration has proposed significant changes to small business size standards that could expand eligibility for approximately 114,000 additional companies. The proposed rule would streamline industry classifications, shift toward employee-based metrics, and substantially raise both receipts and employee thresholds across various sectors. These changes could reshape the landscape of federal contracting opportunities, potentially benefiting midsize businesses while intensifying comp