In a Legaltech News article highlighting predictions for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in 2020, David Shonka provides insight on how this new law may impact the legal industry and future privacy legislation.

David Shonka, Redgrave LLP: “Between the CCPA and a new draft initiative to further restrict data-collecting companies, California will continue to lead the charge in privacy in 2020, and other states will likely follow California’s lead. The heightened state activity will undoubtedly raise pressure for a national privacy law, but the divisions in Congress and the 2020 election cycle make the odds of any comprehensive privacy legislation minuscule at best. At least through 2020, the action will be at the state level. At the federal level, all the real action in this area will continue to originate with the FTC as it continues to enforce its authority under Section 5 and a few other statutes and strives to straighten out a couple of adverse court decisions regarding its authority. Any federal legislative action will likely be limited to keeping that agency fully functioning.”