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AI Hiring Tools: ACLU Warns Employers and AI Companies It Won't Stand for Deceptive "Bias-Free" Promises

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We've all fallen victim to good marketing at some point. Just like all product and service providers, artificial intelligence (AI) companies are no fools when it comes to the benefits of good marketing....more

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Proskauer Kicks Off Election Protection Efforts with Panel Discussion

To signal the official launch of Proskauer’s 2024 Election Protection efforts, Proskauer hosted a panel presentation on voting rights. With a presidential election coming up this fall, protecting the right to vote has...more

Fisher Phillips

AI Hiring Tools Under Attack: ACLU Files Claims with Feds Over Common Hiring Tools

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The ACLU recently fired a clear warning shot to employers by asking the FTC to investigate a personality assessment test, a video interview tool, and a cognitive ability assessment screening device – all powered by artificial...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: June 2024

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment,... - EEOC’s $22 Million Settlement with the Social Security - Administration is a...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 5, May 2024

Welcome to summer and the fifth issue of The Academic Advisor for 2024 - In this issue, we examine the following topics of import for schools, institutions of higher education, and other education-focused organizations: ...more

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The Conflict Over Public vs. Private in Family Matters

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Ten days ago, seven people gathered in a Las Vegas law office to take the deposition of a child custody litigant in preparation for a hearing. During that otherwise nondescript proceeding one of the lawyers shot and killed...more

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Data Brokers May Need to Avoid: Selling Personal Information to Foreign Adversaries

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On March 20, 2024 the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved a privacy-related bill, H.R. 7520 (the “Data Broker Bill).” This comes on the heels of another privacy-related bill approved by the House on March 13,...more

Proskauer - Proskauer For Good

The Real Price of Forced Prison Labor

The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, adopted in 1865 at the conclusion of the Civil War, abolished slavery across the United States with one notable exception. According to the amendment, “neither...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - V 4, Issue 10, December 2023

Revisiting…Are Automakers Making Sufficient Efforts to Protect Customer Data? As a follow-up to our previous article and webinar, “Are Automakers Making Sufficient Efforts to Protect Customer Data?", we are addressing the...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

School Surveillance, Safety Concerns, and the ACLU

Schools across the county use a myriad of different surveillance technologies, including school communications monitoring, online monitoring, web filtering, weapon detection systems, and remote video monitoring. According to...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 9, November 2023

The Accreditation Overhaul for North Carolina (and Florida) Colleges - Last month, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed House Bill 8 (HB 8) into law. In addition to establishing a new computer science requirement for...more

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Florida’s SB 1718 Faces Its First Legal Challenges

Florida’s Senate Bill (SB) 1718 went into effect on July 1, 2023. One section of the new law—which criminalized the transport into the State of Florida of individuals who entered the United States without inspection—now faces...more

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Far Beyond Real Estate: The Real Impact of Florida’s SB 264

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On May 8, 2023, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 264: Interests of Foreign Countries (SB 264), effective July 1, 2023. The law may affect not only traditional real property owners and investors but also...more

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Michigan Adopts Distracted Driving Legislation

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On June 7th, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed distracted driving legislation, making Michigan the 26th state to adopt some form of distracted driving/hands-free driving legislation.  The signing ceremony was held at...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Data privacy implications of ChatGPT

By now, you have probably heard about OpenAI’s ChatGPT, an artificially intelligent chatbot, and similar chatbots that have launched in its wake. Since its launch, ChatGPT is estimated to have reached more than 100 million...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Bail Reform: New York’s mistakes must not jeopardize New Jersey’s success

After years of steady declines in violent and other criminal activity in New Jersey, the COVID-19 pandemic has coincided with increases in crime both here in New Jersey and around the country. While New Jersey still has much...more

Marshall Dennehey

County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey Not a Public Entity and Not Subject to the Open Public Records Act

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The plaintiff, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (ACLU), served the County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey (CPANJ) with a request to produce documents pursuant to the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). The...more

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Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 25

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SEC Division of Examinations Issues Risk Alert on Regulation S-ID and Identity Theft Prevention Programs - On December 5, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Division of Examinations (“EXAMS”) issued a...more

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Supreme Court Poised to Issue Blockbuster Decision on Free Speech

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Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear 303 Creative, LLC v. Elenis, an appeal brought by a Colorado website designer who claims she has a First Amendment right to refuse to make websites for same-sex...more

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Biden Speaks Bluntly About Marijuana Reform

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On October 6, 2022, President Biden took his first steps to overhaul federal policy on marijuana. In doing so, he pardoned individuals with federal offenses for simple marijuana possession and initiated review as to how the...more

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Stranger Things Are Going On: Federal Judge Pulls Florida from First Amendment “Upside Down”

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Approved on April 22, 2022, and effective July 1, 2022, Governor DeSantis signed into law certain amendments to Florida’s Education Code and Florida’s Civil Rights Act. These amendments, officially known as House Bill 7 have...more

Jenner & Block

Lawsuit Challenges Unconstitutional Law Limiting Abortion Services

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Working in partnership with abortion service providers and civil liberties groups, a Jenner & Block team filed a lawsuit in Florida to block the implementation of a new state law that would ban abortion after 15 weeks of...more

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State Issues Set for November Ballot

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Ohio voters will have the opportunity to weigh in on two constitutional amendments on the ballot this November. HJR 2 and HJR 4 cleared the Ohio legislature yesterday during marathon sessions as the General Assembly...more

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Indiana Bans Transgender Girls From Playing on Their Schools’ Girls Sports Teams

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Joining a host of states implementing laws prohibiting transgender athletes from competing in sports of their gender identity, Indiana has enacted legislation, over the governor’s veto, banning transgender girls from...more

Mintz

Nothing I've done as a lawyer has been more painful than my representation of our allies stuck in Afghanistan. Hopefully this...

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The Boston Globe is reporting on a lawsuit by the ACLU and my law firm, Mintz, against the US Customs and Immigration Service, and other departments of the United States government, relating to the Afghans the President...more

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