Partner Alexander Reid took part in Baker Tilly’s 2025 annual not-for-profit governance and fiscal workshop, which took place June 4-5, 2025. The virtual forum covered essential governance and technical matters that are crucial to those organizations and their leaders.
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We love hearing Commissioner Holyoak speak and were particularly heartened when she criticized the Khan FTC’s use of charged headlines in press releases and speeches, including calling targeted advertising “surveillance marketing.” She has said things like “[p]erhaps this re-branding is just silly—an attempt to boost press appeal, pander to the likeminded, score some political points—and basically…
The period of 2024-2025 was significant for AI law, regulation, and guidance, beginning in early February 2024, and the news told the tale:
Europeans First ‘Out of the Gate’
The European Union Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act) was approved by EU member countries in February 2024; it was then approved by the European Parliament…
Partner James Sherer took part in “AI in Practice – a Roundtable Discussion and Networking Event,” May 28, 2025, in the BakerHostetler New York office. The educational roundtable presented the practical aspects of AI, as well as how it is being used in practice today and what is in the near future for professionals wishing…
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Just as we’re getting ready to pick out our cowboy boots and bolo ties for Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) published its long-awaited finalized amendments (Final Rule) to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule. The rule’s last refresh came in 2012, back when “Call Me Maybe” by…
Partner James Sherer both taught an AI Governance Professional training course and sat on a panel at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2025, April 21-23, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The panel, titled “Navigating Global Regulatory Compliance Challenges: EU and U.S. Perspectives,” discussed emerging and evolving regulations and guidance that may require global companies and institutions…
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Recently Amy Mudge and I, along with Bethany Lukitsch and Julie Singer Brady, the co-leads of our class action group, attended and spoke at the Consumer Brand CPG Legal Forum. There were lots of great sessions and speakers, but I want to highlight the keynote address given by FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak, who, along with…
Right now, we are all taking stock of the many important issues and challenges we saw crop up for clients last year, trying to predict what they will face in the coming year, and strategizing about how we can help. Without a doubt, one of the biggest issues we saw clients struggle with last year…
