The rapid expansion of social media has transformed the delivery of psychological wellness advice, shifting mental health guidance from licensed professionals to digital influencers operating outside of traditional regulatory frameworks. As the global wellness industry surpasses $2 trillion, millions of Americans—particularly adolescents and young adults—consume mental health content
In May 2023, the U.S. Surgeon General declared loneliness a public health crisis. Despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, research has demonstrated that historically, social isolation and loneliness have been long-term influencers of negative health consequences prior to the pandemic. Even in our post-pandemic world,
In 2023, the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) was forced to remove its AI chatbot “Tessa” from its help hotline after observations of the chatbot providing harmful advice to callers about eating disorders. That same year, a Belgian man committed suicide after a prolonged, emotionally intimate conversation with an experimental
The Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo marks the end of Chevron deference and fundamentally reshapes the administrative law landscape. In its wake, agencies must now defend regulatory action without the benefit of the judiciary’s longstanding presumption in favor of that agency’s statutory interpretations.
E-commerce provides consumers many new ways to transact business. These include clickwrap contracts, digital wallets, and bitcoin. Courts and agencies are struggling to determine if consumer protection statutes apply.
The Act requires video game retailers to display a sign explaining each rating system that appears on video games the retailers offer. SB 105 would have made it unlawful to knowingly sell, rent, or loan for monetary consideration any excessively violent video game or video game containing material which is
The Georgia General Assembly found that identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in Georgia and that the privacy of Georgia citizens is greatly at risk due to the large amount of information collected from individuals every day. The Act requires information brokers that collect and maintain personal
The Act amends certain Code sections to require that tobacco manufacturers who (a) plan to sell cigarettes in Georgia and (b) did not sign the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement must certify with the state that they have paid into an escrow fund an amount proportional to their market share in
The Act generally addresses deceptive and fraudulent practices involved in telemarketing transactions. It prohibits nonlocal businesses from listing a local telephone number in any nonclassified local directory without also listing their nonlocal address when calls are routinely forwarded to the nonlocal address. The Act also prohibits telemarketers from engaging in
The Act changes the advertising requirements for real property listed for judicial sale. The Act requires that judicial sale notices advertising the availability of real property include the legal description of the property. The Act also provides that judicial sale notices may include the street address of the property.
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The Act prohibits telephone solicitations to residential telephone subscribers who indicate their opposition to such solicitations. Residents who do not wish to receive telephone solicitations may pay a fee to have their phone number entered into a data base. The Georgia Public Service Commission shall establish this data base and
The Act adds a new chapter to the Georgia Code, the "Georgia Electronic Records and Signatures Act," the goal of which is to promote the use of electronic media by government and commerce. The purpose of the Act is to allow the use of electronic records and signatures
The Act addresses theft committed while engaged in telemarketing or activity on any computerized system that utilizes a computer or a modem. It provides for criminal penalties, as well as civil or equitable remedies by individuals. The Act authorizes double civil and criminal penalties for such unlawful activities targeted at
The Act prohibits the raising of prices on any goods or services necessary to preserve, protect, or sustain the life, health, or safety of persons or their property during a declared state of emergency. The Act allows certain exceptions for the increased cost of such goods or services to the
