Month: January 2020

CDA Section 230 and the USMCA

The Big Tech-shielding principles of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (C.D.A.) have made their way into the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), despite some opposition in Congress. Section 230 of the C.D.A. has been credited as the catalyst for creating America’s multibillion-dollar online industry and christened as “the law that built the internet.” Yet, despite …

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2020: The Year of the CCPA

As 2019 is coming to a close, businesses are bracing themselves for California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which will take effect at the start of the new year.  The act’s passage in 2018, coupled with Europe’s GDPR, teed up a slew of legislation in state general assemblies aimed at protecting residents’ personal information.  As businesses …

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