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A 1967 California eavesdropping law is now being aimed at AI chatbots, AI notetakers and the AI sitting inside Gmail itself. The legal theory will

Three regulatory moves landed within weeks of each other this spring. It would be easy to read them as one coordinated assault on email and

The UK regulator fined a Manchester debt-marketing firm £300,000 for 5.5 million unlawful texts, including fake bailiff threats. It is an SMS case, but it

A federal judge has refused to dismiss a class action accusing Hanesbrands of sending free shipping promotions wrapped in false urgency. The ruling keeps the

Travel and luggage brand Béis is facing three proposed class actions in Washington over a December 2025 campaign that dressed a promotional email up as

Washington’s Commercial Electronic Mail Act sat quiet for two decades. Eight lawsuits against retailers in the first twenty years after it passed in 2005. Then

The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office is updating its direct marketing and PECR guidance to reflect the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025. The redraft is

A federal judge has denied Skechers USA’s motion to dismiss a proposed class action lawsuit alleging the retailer used misleading “false urgency” tactics in promotional

Australia’s communications regulator has slapped Latitude Finance Australia with a A$3.96 million penalty after finding the company breached spam laws more than 2.7 million times.

Whaleco Inc., which operates the Temu online marketplace, is facing a proposed class action lawsuit in California over allegations tied to its email marketing practices.

In a massive blow to the global “Phishing-as-a-Service” economy, an INTERPOL-coordinated operation in co-ordination with others including TrendMicro has dismantled a sprawling network of criminal

Australia’s ACMA rules order confirmations and shipping updates were commercial messages, because they contained promotions. Australian communications regulator ACMA has fined Lululemon A$702,900 (approximately US$460,000)

A 70-year-old Georgia man has been arrested in connection with a $103,000 phishing email scam that targeted a Connecticut manufacturing company, according to reporting by