The legal landscape for digital compliance in Texas has shifted dramatically in recent months, as legislators have advanced a series of sweeping requirements for age verification and consumer protection online. These new laws have, and will have, widespread impact for...
Since 2022, KJK has cautioned that the continued absence of federal privacy and cybersecurity legislation poses significant risks to businesses. While Congress continues to drag its feet, other governing bodies have stepped in to fill the void. We have identified...
The digital landscape has always posed a twin challenge: how to protect children online while also preserving robust free speech rights for adults consistent with the First Amendment. This tension reached a logical zenith with the Supreme Court’s June 27, 2025,...
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance and integrate into various aspects of society, it becomes increasingly necessary for states to regulate or enact legislation to govern its use. AI has the potential to significantly impact critical areas such as...
In previous articles we have examined both the lead-role states are taking in regulating cybersecurity and privacy, as well as the inefficiencies and costs created by the failure of the federal government to create law that would abolish the resulting patchwork...
What Happened? Cleveland Municipal Court has been shut down the past two weeks as it grapples with a cyber incident. The nature and scope of this incident is not yet publicly known, but it is reasonable to suggest that the Court may have been hit with a ransomware...
Marriott has agreed to pay $52 million dollars and implement new consumer data protections to settle investigations by attorneys general from 49 states and the Federal Trade Commission, following data breaches that occurred between 2015 and 2020. The First Breach In...
The enforcement landscape of recently enacted state consumer privacy laws in the United States is beginning to take shape, with state attorneys general (AGs) or designated specialized enforcement agencies leading the charge. The absence of comprehensive federal...
This past July, the City of Columbus, Ohio experienced a significant data breach. Hackers were able to breach Columbus’ network and gained access to private information of city employees and residents. Initially, the City stated that it had thwarted a ransomware...
The Sixth Circuit's January 2, 2025, decision in Ohio Telecom Association et al. v. Federal Communications Commission et al. may reshape the future of the Internet, delivering a significant blow to the concept of net neutrality and altering the regulatory landscape...