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OPINION: California Must End DMV Data Sales

OPINION: California Must End DMV Data Sales

The on-going efforts of the California DMV to monetize the information of California consumers - information collected using the full force of state requirement and gathered on forms with which citizens must comply - has generated tens of millions in revenue to DMV through sale to private businesses. This practice must end immediately.

Opinion: Where are the promised fixes to the new privacy law?

Opinion: Where are the promised fixes to the new privacy law?

One year ago, the California Legislature passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed it into law. Even at passage, the legislative leadership recognized its flaws – what some observers called an “unmitigated disaster in the making” – and committed to addressing its flaws in the year before it took effect in January of 2020.

Member News: Nixon Peabody Representing UC in Groundbreaking Patent Campaign

Member News: Nixon Peabody Representing UC in Groundbreaking Patent Campaign

A Nixon Peabody team is representing the University of California (UC) in a first-of-its-kind direct patent enforcement campaign against an entire industry to protect UC’s rights in the reinvention of the light bulb by a Nobel laureate-led research group at UC Santa Barbara.