Law Glossary
Glossary of Legal Terms and Definitions
Find comprehensive definitions to the most common law terms with Winston & Strawn LLP’s legal glossary.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
aBLA
advertising litigation
artificial intelligence (AI)
B
Better Business Bureau (BBB)
Big Data
biologic
biosimilar
biosimilar approval
biosimilar license
biosimilarity establishment
bitcoin
blockchain
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
BPCIA
C
California Unfair Competition Law
children’s privacy
class action
cloud computing
communications privacy
consumer fraud
consumer marketing
consumer targeting
consumer tracking
consumer privacy
copyright licensing
Copyright Royalty Board
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
cross-border data protection
cryptocurrency
cybersquatting
D
dark patterns
data breach and data security
data security
Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)
disruptive technology
Dodd-Frank Act
E
emerging technology
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
executive compensation
F
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
flash loans
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
financial privacy
FinTech
G
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
generic drug
generic drug approval
generic drug license
greenwashing
H
health care privacy
health care security
I
interchangeable biological products
Internet of Things (IoT)
inter partes review (IPR)
M
mobile privacy
N
National Advertising Division (NAD)
National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team
new media
Non-Fungible Token (NFT)
no sugar added
nutrition claims
O
online privacy
outsourced technology
P
patent dance
Patent Trial and Appeal Board
performance-based compensation
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL)
post-grant review (PGR)
privacy assessments
privacy audit
privacy compliance
privacy shield
“Purple Book”
S
safe harbor
Securities Act of 1933
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
slack fill
social media law
staking
T
taste claims
TCPA
telemarketing
temporary restraining order
theft of confidential information
tracking and monitoring
trademark infringement
trade secret
trans fat