Program Details
2026-10-07 12:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2026-10-07 12:00:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ESTThis session delivers a comprehensive compliance briefing on the federal and state age-verification and parental consent obligations that took full effect in 2025–2026, anchored by the April 22, 2026 COPPA Rule amendments and the FTC’s February 2026 age-verification policy statement. Attorneys will work through the eight approved verifiable parental consent methods, the restructured consent flow requirements, data retention mandates, and the state-level patchwork of social media, addictive-feed, and app store laws. Attendees will leave with a practical framework for auditing existing consent flows, selecting age-verification technology, and avoiding the common compliance failures illustrated by recent FTC enforcement actions against Epic Games, Disney, and Cognosphere.
Sheila A. MillarDaniel A. CotterTracy P. Marshall 1:10 pm - 2:10 pm ESTThis session examines the constitutional litigation landscape following the Supreme Court’s June 2025 decision in Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton, which upheld Texas HB 1181 under intermediate scrutiny while leaving open critical questions about age-verification laws applied to protected speech. Attorneys will analyze the doctrinal fault lines separating permissible age-gating of obscene-as-to-minors content from laws being struck down when applied to social media and app stores, and will work through the active injunction record across Ohio, California, Utah, and Texas. Attendees will leave with a practical framework for evaluating constitutional vulnerability across state age-verification regimes, selecting litigation posture, and anticipating the next Supreme Court term’s likely flashpoints.
Sheila A. MillarDaniel A. CotterTracy P. MarshallSheila A. Millar, a partner with the law firm of Keller and Heckman LLP, heads the Firm’s consumer protection practices, and counsels corporate and association clients on regulatory compliance and public policy issues. She often appears before federal, state and international legislative and regulatory bodies.
Daniel A. Cotter is a Member of Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa in Chicago, where his corporate and regulatory practice is built around helping organizations operate in a compliant and resilient way. Across more than three decades he has advised clients on entity formation and restructuring, strategic transactions, and risk-sensitive corporate governance, concentrating on three intersecting areas: privacy and cybersecurity, insurance regulation and coverage, and corporate governance. He has counseled organizations on the shifting patchwork of privacy laws, advised online and gaming vendors on identification protocols under biometric statutes including BIPA, and guided clients through BIPA and GIPA compliance and defense in Illinois.
Tracy P. Marshall, a partner at Keller and Heckman LLP, advises for-profit and non-profit businesses in a range of industries on privacy, data security, advertising, and intellectual property matters.
Sheila A. Millar, a partner with the law firm of Keller and Heckman LLP, heads the Firm’s consumer protection practices, and counsels corporate and association clients on regulatory compliance and public policy issues. She often appears before federal, state and international legislative and regulatory bodies.
Daniel A. Cotter is a Member of Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa in Chicago, where his corporate and regulatory practice is built around helping organizations operate in a compliant and resilient way. Across more than three decades he has advised clients on entity formation and restructuring, strategic transactions, and risk-sensitive corporate governance, concentrating on three intersecting areas: privacy and cybersecurity, insurance regulation and coverage, and corporate governance. He has counseled organizations on the shifting patchwork of privacy laws, advised online and gaming vendors on identification protocols under biometric statutes including BIPA, and guided clients through BIPA and GIPA compliance and defense in Illinois.
Tracy P. Marshall, a partner at Keller and Heckman LLP, advises for-profit and non-profit businesses in a range of industries on privacy, data security, advertising, and intellectual property matters.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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