Michael Rhodes

The US Department of Justice has announced the appointment of Eun Young Choi as the first director of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team. Choi has been a DOJ prosecutor for nearly a decade and most recently served...more On May 29, Nevada passed a privacy law giving consumers the right to opt out of the sale of their personal information. The law, SB 220, contains provisions similar to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)'s new...more California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1542 precludes the waiver of unknown claims unless the protections of the section are expressly relinquished. In order to effectively waive the protections of California Code of...more On June 27 the California Senate and Assembly unanimously approved the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), and Governor Jerry Brown signed it into law the same day. The CCPA was rushed through the legislative...more