Business Law Matters

This fall in Business Law matters, we take a deeper dive into:

1. What businesses need to know about state consumer privacy legislation. A growing number of states are enacting consumer data privacy laws to give consumers more choice over how companies access and manage their personal data.
2. Companies’ responsibly to understand the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to ban 9 additional PFAS in products and the reporting requirements. To avoid negligence, companies must work to eliminate legal claims due to environmental contamination or personal injury. An attorney can help you understand your rights and obligations with the government or other parties.
3. Why and how the legalization of recreational and medical marijuana use’s limited bipartisan support creates a public safety issue. Consumers need to be educated and aware of how the SAFE Banking Act is doing its part.
4. A costly blunder on the part of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Find out how an IT test triggered $2.3 billion in unauthorized payments.
5. The specifics regarding former Uber executive Joseph Sullivan’s data breach, liability, and sentencing.