Deportation policies and due diligence blind spots are exposing hidden risks in the U.S. consumer ABS market. The market is facing a new kind of crisis — not of defaulting borrowers, but of disappearing ones. As mass deportations and tightening immigration enforcement under the Trump Continue Reading
The Wall Street Journal | OpenAI Wants Brands to Allow Their Mascots to Appear in Gen AI Videos
OpenAI’s new text-to-video platform, Sora 2, is capturing widespread attention — and raising complex legal questions about copyright, brand protection and AI. The viral app allows users to create realistic videos simply by typing a prompt. One of Sora 2’s most talked-about features, “cameos,” Continue Reading
SubPrime Auto Finance News | Experts From Davis+Gilbert and McDonald Hopkins Offer More Analysis of Tricolor Bankruptcy Impact
With the recent bankruptcy filing by Tricolor Holdings, many industry leaders are attempting to predict how this will impact subprime auto finance for the remainder of the year and beyond. Joseph Cioffi and Nicole Zatserkovniy, attorneys in the Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights + Finance Practice Continue Reading
The Hill | Three Key Questions Swirling Around the TikTok Deal
After months of uncertainty surrounding TikTok’s future, President Trump announced on Friday that President Xi Jinping has agreed on a deal to keep TikTok running in the U.S. However, few specifics about the deal have been released. Jim Johnston, a partner in the Advertising + Marketing Practice Continue Reading
The Hill | Trump’s TikTok Claims Spur Questions
After months of uncertainty surrounding TikTok’s future, President Trump announced on Friday that President Xi Jinping has agreed on a deal to keep TikTok running in the U.S. However, few specifics about the deal have been released. Jim Johnston, a partner in the Advertising + Marketing Practice Continue Reading
Digiday | WTF Is AI ‘Grounding’ Licensing, and Why Do Publishers Say It Matters Over Training Deals?
Publishers and AI platforms are starting to move past one-time training deals and are focusing more on usage-based agreements, often called “grounding” or “RAG.” Gary Kibel, a partner in the Privacy, Technology + Data Security Practice Group at Davis+Gilbert, was quoted in Digiday discussing the Continue Reading
Law360 | Meta Privacy Verdict Raises Stakes For Website Data Tracking
A California federal jury’s decision to hold Meta liable under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) for the unauthorized receipt of sensitive health data gathered from Flo period-tracking app users, despite the tech giant's push to overturn the verdict, marks a significant win for Continue Reading
Bloomberg Law | Meta’s Health Privacy Trial Loss Spotlights Power of Wiretapping
On August 1, a San Francisco jury used the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) to deliver a groundbreaking verdict in the Flo menstrual app case against Meta, establishing a viable blueprint for future privacy cases against Big Tech. CIPA, passed in 1967, was originally designed to protect Continue Reading
Digiday | Mediavine Joins the Growing — Albeit ‘Long Shot’ — Movement To Regulate AI and Protect Publisher Content
AI-generated overviews and search tools are disrupting traffic-based ad revenue models, prompting media companies to push for regulation to protect their content. Gary Kibel, a partner in the Privacy, Technology + Data Security Practice Group at Davis+Gilbert, was quoted in Digiday speaking on Continue Reading
Privacy Daily | Minnesota’s Comprehensive Privacy Law Takes Effect, Includes Novel Right to Question
Minnesota’s new comprehensive privacy law that took effect Thursday, July 31, includes several unique and uncommon requirements, such as requiring companies to allow consumers to question their automated decisions. But many of the law's stipulations are already considered best practices. Zachary Continue Reading