Ed Pagano Quoted in Law360 on Likelihood of New Privacy Legislation in 2019

Akin Gump public law and policy partner Ed Pagano has been quoted in the Law360 article “Privacy & Cybersecurity Policy To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2019.” The article observes that, while the momentum for new federal privacy legislation has eased somewhat, those involved with the work are still pressing ahead.

“Our focus on the federal level is on whether Congress can pass by the end of the year comprehensive privacy legislation that would preempt states and provide a national standard," said Pagano.

As always, Pagano pointed out, the devil will be in the details of those bills, and disagreements over how any comprehensive legislation defines personally identifiable information, the degree to which the law would preempt more stringent state statutes and who should be charged with enforcing the rules are likely to continue to stall these efforts.

“Just like the states, federal lawmakers have a lot of ideas about what they’d like to see in federal privacy legislation,” Pagano added. “That’s why everyone’s so anxious to see what the Senate group comes up with.”