ACA Survives Third Supreme Court Challenge: For the third time since being enacted in 2010, the Affordable Care Act has survived a major challenge in the U.S. Supreme Court. By a wider margin than in the previous challenges in 2012 and 2015, with seven...

CO Becomes Third State to Pass Consumer Data Privacy Bill: Colorado has become the third state - after California and Virginia - to pass a comprehensive consumer data privacy bill. On June 8 the state’s General Assembly passed SB 190 , which,...

Google Hit with Another Multistate Lawsuit: A bipartisan group of attorneys general from 36 states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging its Android app store, Google Play, is in violation of antitrust laws. The...

Will Cyber Insurers Stop Reimbursing for Ransomware Payouts?: For a while now the prevailing wisdom in the cyber insurance industry has been that victims should just pay off the hackers and seek reimbursement from their insurer because it’s just...

Cyber Insurers Toughening Policy Requirements : Cyber policies are relatively new to the insurance business. But over the past decade the cyber insurance sector has taken off, with premiums more than doubling between 2015 and 2019 , from $1.4 billion...

CA to Spend $6B on Broadband: California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill ( SB 156 ) last week committing the state to spending $6 billion over the next three years on expanding broadband access, particularly in underserved and rural communities...

$26B Opioid Settlement Awaits Approval by States, Municipalities : A group of state AGs unveiled a $26 billion proposed settlement with major drug makers over their alleged role in the national opioid epidemic. Under the terms of the deal - the second...