California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 763, co-sponsored by AG Rob Bonta, which strengthens antitrust enforcement under state law. The new law increased criminal fines for corporations from $1 million to $6 million per violation, and increased criminal fines for individuals from $250,000 to $1 million per violation. The law also added…

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Texas AG Ken Paxton expanded his investigation of online chat platform Discord over allegations that the company, through operation of its app, is endangering child safety and privacy in violation of the state’s Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act. The AG’s office has expended its investigation to ask Discord for information about the…

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California AG Rob Bonta and the San Diego City Attorney’s Office settled for $40 million with health plan seller and administrator HealthNet, LLC and related entities (collectively, “Health Net”) to resolve allegations that Health Net kept and distributed inaccurate or outdated mental health and medical provider directories, in violation of the state’s consumer protection laws.…

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Florida AG James Uthmeier sued streaming platform Roku, Inc. and its Florida subsidiary (collectively, “Roku”) for allegedly failing to provide adequate disclosures regarding personal data collection in violation of the state’s data privacy and consumer protection laws.

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California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 56, which requires social media companies to disclose certain risks associated with use of social media by kids and teens. The law requires social media companies to display a black box warning to all users during their first use of the platform and then at least…

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