Section 230 and Platform Liability in 2026: What Operators Need to Know
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act turned 30 in February 2026, and the law looks nothing like the broad shield it once was. Congress is debating sunset bills. Courts are carving out new exceptions for algorithmic design. State legislatures are passing their own platform accountability laws. And AI-generated content…
FTC Enforcement Trends in 2026: What Businesses Need to Know
The Federal Trade Commission is not slowing down. In 2026, FTC enforcement actions have accelerated across every sector where businesses collect data, charge subscriptions, or make claims about their products. The agency has more enforcement tools, more staff, and more political will than at any point in the past decade….
B2B Vendor Agreement Checklist: Every Clause to Review Before Signing
You found the perfect SaaS platform for your operations. The demo looked great. The sales rep sent over the contract. Now your legal team is asking whether anyone actually read it before you signed. Not so fast. According to the Zylo 2026 SaaS Management Index, 79% of IT leaders encountered…
Auto-Renewal Subscription Compliance in 2026: What Your Terms Must Cover
If your business charges customers on a recurring basis, your subscription terms are under more legal pressure right now than at any point in the past decade. Federal and state regulators have made auto-renewal practices a top enforcement priority, and the legal landscape shifted significantly in 2025 and 2026. The…
App Store Terms of Service: Developer Compliance Requirements in 2026
If you publish apps on Apple's App Store or Google Play, the legal ground shifted under you in 2025 and 2026. Four states have passed App Store Accountability Acts, a federal bill is moving through Congress, and both Apple and Google have updated their developer agreements to reflect these new…
DMCA Compliance for Website Owners: What You Need to Know and Do
If your website allows users to upload content, share files, post comments, or host any material created by someone else, you are operating in copyright territory. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act sets the rules for how websites handle copyright infringement — and those rules carry real financial consequences if ignored….
Indemnification Clauses in Tech Contracts: What They Mean and How to Negotiate Them
Indemnification clauses show up in virtually every SaaS agreement, software license, B2B service contract, and API terms you will sign or receive. They are also among the least-read and most misunderstood provisions in those documents — right up until something goes wrong. When a customer gets sued over data your…
Cookie Consent and Privacy Notices: What Your Website Legally Needs in 2026
If your website displays a cookie banner, you might feel like your compliance boxes are checked. Unfortunately, a banner alone does not protect you. Cookie consent and privacy notice requirements have grown more specific, more enforceable, and more consequential than most website owners realize. Regulators in the European Union and…
API Terms of Service: What Every SaaS Company Needs in Their Agreement
When a SaaS company opens its platform to third-party developers through an API, it is doing something fundamentally different from publishing a website with a standard terms of service agreement. An API creates a programmatic gateway into your system — other software can read your data, write to it, trigger…