Welcome to Compliance Hot Spots, where we’re highlighting news and trends on compliance, enforcement and government affairs. I love the feedback I’ve been getting—thank you—and please keep it coming. What’s on your plate? What are you telling clients? We’ve got some observations below on the FTC’s big loss on a data-privacy order, and check out some of the early observations on the DOJ’s once-secret advisory opinions on the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Scroll to see who got the work in some big new cases. Some links below might require a registration or subscription. Contact me at [email protected] or 202-828-0315, or follow me on Twitter @cryanbarber.

FTC Zapped on Data Privacy. What’s the Reach?