Civil Law

FTC Reaches Settlement with NGL Labs Over Children’s Privacy & AI

On July 9, 2024, the FTC and California Attorney General settled a case against NGL Labs (“NGL”) and two of its co-founders. NGL Labs’ app, “NGL: ask me anything,” allows users to receive anonymous messages from their friends and social media followers. The complaint alleged violations of the FTC Act, the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act (ROSCA), the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and California laws prohibiting deceptive advertising and prohibiting unfair and deceptive business practices.

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Civil Law

Settlement Portends Broad Failure in Attempts to Ban Natural Gas

The City of Berkeley is going to repeal its regulation that prohibits the installation of natural gas piping within newly constructed buildings.

Last week the California Restaurant Association announced that the group and the City of Berkeley entered into a settlement agreement immediately halting enforcement of the City’s ‘first in the nation’ ban on natural gas piping as the City Council takes steps to repeal the 2019 ordinance after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit refused to … Read the rest