Program Details
2026-11-10 12:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2026-11-10 12:00:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ESTThis session provides attorneys with a practical, statute-grounded framework for building a TAKE IT DOWN Act (TIDA) compliant notice-and-removal system for any platform that hosts user-generated content. Attendees will learn who qualifies as a covered platform, what a valid removal request must contain, how the 48-hour removal deadline and duplicate-detection obligations work, and how the asymmetric safe harbor shapes compliance strategy. By the end of the session, attorneys will be able to audit an existing content moderation infrastructure, identify gaps, and advise clients on the ten core elements of a defensible TIDA compliance program before the May 19, 2026 effective date.
Meg Hennessey 1:10 pm - 2:10 pm ESTThis session examines how the FTC enforces Section 3 of the TAKE IT DOWN Act, focusing on the agency’s enforcement architecture, penalty exposure, and the practical steps platforms and their counsel must take when responding to FTC scrutiny. Attorneys will learn how the FTC’s UDAP classification creates civil penalty liability of up to $53,088 per violation, what the agency’s first warning letters signal about investigative priorities, and how to prepare for Civil Investigative Demands and potential consent decrees. Attendees will leave with a working framework for counseling clients through FTC investigations, assessing penalty exposure, and navigating the unresolved legal questions—including ‘reasonable efforts’ ambiguity, per-violation counting methodology, and the Section 230 intersection—that will define the enforcement landscape through first contested actions.
Emily S. TabatabaiEmily S. Tabatabai is a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and a founding member of the firm’s global Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation Group. She counsels companies in social media, gaming, mobile apps, adtech and ecommerce on privacy, consumer protection and online safety, and she represents clients in regulatory investigations before the FTC, State Attorneys General and Congressional committees. She led the development of Orrick’s Online Safety Law Center & U.S. Law Tracker. She is especially well suited to this program: she has represented clients through FTC investigations and enforcement actions under Section 5 of the FTC Act, advises social media platforms on their online safety obligations, and tracks State AG enforcement through the law tracker she built, bringing the perspective of counsel who regularly sits across the table from the FTC.
Meg Hennessey is Of Counsel at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in San Francisco and Orange County, where she advises online service providers, including social media platforms, on online safety and consumer protection law. She designs and implements digital trust and safety compliance programs, including programs for laws on detecting, reporting and removing non-consensual intimate images and online child sexual exploitation and abuse material, drawing on nearly 15 years of defending companies in high-stakes criminal, civil and regulatory investigations. She is especially well suited to this program: she designs compliance programs for laws requiring the removal of non-consensual intimate images, builds content moderation and transparency reporting policies, and has guided a client through a multi-year online trust and safety monitorship, bringing the perspective of counsel who builds removal systems from the inside.
Emily S. Tabatabai is a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and a founding member of the firm’s global Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation Group. She counsels companies in social media, gaming, mobile apps, adtech and ecommerce on privacy, consumer protection and online safety, and she represents clients in regulatory investigations before the FTC, State Attorneys General and Congressional committees. She led the development of Orrick’s Online Safety Law Center & U.S. Law Tracker. She is especially well suited to this program: she has represented clients through FTC investigations and enforcement actions under Section 5 of the FTC Act, advises social media platforms on their online safety obligations, and tracks State AG enforcement through the law tracker she built, bringing the perspective of counsel who regularly sits across the table from the FTC.
Meg Hennessey is Of Counsel at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in San Francisco and Orange County, where she advises online service providers, including social media platforms, on online safety and consumer protection law. She designs and implements digital trust and safety compliance programs, including programs for laws on detecting, reporting and removing non-consensual intimate images and online child sexual exploitation and abuse material, drawing on nearly 15 years of defending companies in high-stakes criminal, civil and regulatory investigations. She is especially well suited to this program: she designs compliance programs for laws requiring the removal of non-consensual intimate images, builds content moderation and transparency reporting policies, and has guided a client through a multi-year online trust and safety monitorship, bringing the perspective of counsel who builds removal systems from the inside.
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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