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Media Mentions | 11.22.22

Jessica Lipson Quoted in LegalTech News on Future of Federal Data Privacy Bill

Jessica Lipson was quoted in a November 18, 2022 Legaltech News article entitled “A New Congress—and an Even Longer Wait on Federal Data Privacy Bill?” The article discussed how a comprehensive federal data privacy bill, which data privacy lawyers had hoped would make it into law when proposed in June, may take even longer to pass now that the House of Representatives has flipped to a Republican majority.

Jessica stated that with the recent change in Congress, disagreements about the bipartisan American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) bill will likely continue into next year. She said, “Democrats and Republicans both appear to agree that implementing a comprehensive privacy law is necessary, which is already a step in the right direction and quite different from the environment we lived in just a few years ago. But the two parties have historically disagreed about the form such laws should take and how far we should require businesses to go to protect consumer data.”

One sticking point is “whether the new federal law would preempt state laws already passed,” she said. “These laws have much in common with each other but also many differences, which will make compliance a difficult task for many companies in the near future.” Ultimately, Jessica predicted: “Congress will not come together to pass a comprehensive privacy law next year that will meaningfully reduce the compliance burden on U.S. businesses.”

Read the LegalTech News article here.

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