Squire Patton Boggs

Recently, we hosted an intimate dinner in Los Angeles with a group of general counsels and senior executive leaders to discuss the evolving challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI), data privacy and cybersecurity, particularly as they relate to HR and production environments. The roundtable discussion was dynamic and insightful, reflecting the real-world risks and strategic

SPB’s Alan Friel has previously explained here and here how consumer privacy law and online teen safety laws can go too far and be constitutionally suspect.  This issue has heated up in the courts as states rush to regulate. 

In a recent Network Advertising Initiative panel Alan moderates a speaker from Netchoice, an industry advocacy

Join the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s (“LACBA”) Privacy & Cybersecurity Section on May 21, 2026 (6:30–8:00 PM) at the Jonathan Club in Downtown Los Angeles for “Protecting Consumers & Promoting Innovation in a Data-Driven Economy.” The program features FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection Director, Chris Mufarrige, who will discuss evolving consumer protection enforcement priorities

One of our own is helping shape the conversation. Alan Friel, Partner, and contributing author to our blog, will serve as a featured speaker in an upcoming live CLE webinar tackling one of the most rapidly developing areas of digital privacy regulatory enforcement and litigation.

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