California continues its mission to ramp up enforcement of privacy regulations implemented under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and its amendment, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)....more
12/10/2025
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Data Brokers ,
Data Privacy ,
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State Attorneys General ,
State Privacy Laws
In a case of statutory interpretation, the California Court of Appeal in Hirdman v. Charter Communications, LLC recently affirmed a win for the employer, holding that outside sales employees can be paid as “exempt employees”...more
9/10/2025
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Corporate Counsel ,
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Labor Code ,
Misclassification ,
Outside Sales Exemption (OSE) ,
Paid Sick Leave ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
State Labor Laws ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Wage and Hour
On October 1, 2025, the CRD’s new regulations aimed at protecting employees and applicants from potentially discriminatory employment decisions made using automated decision systems (ADS) will take effect. These new...more
Join CDF's Privacy and AI Practice Group Partners, Dan Forman, Dalia Khatib and Linda Wang, on August 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM (Pacific) for a timely discussion on how emerging AI regulations and privacy laws are reshaping...more
8/12/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
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California ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
CIPA ,
Class Action ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Data Privacy ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
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Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Racial Bias ,
Webinars
The California Privacy Protection Agency’s (“Agency”) ability to enforce its regulations has been a hot topic over the last year and the most recent twist puts the Agency back into the enforcement business immediately....more
On January 18, 2024, the California Supreme Court issued its opinion in Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc., concluding that trial courts do not have inherent authority to strike a PAGA claim on the grounds that it is...more
With the new year underway, and enforcement looming, it is more important than ever to ensure your organization is compliant with the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)—the amendment to the California Consumer Privacy Act...more
On Friday, December 8, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency (Agency) will meet to discuss important items, including drafting proposed regulations for employers. While the Agency has not yet commenced the formal...more
12/7/2023
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
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Data Protection ,
Personal Information ,
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State Privacy Laws
Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order to tackle the new field of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI). As technology develops and changes, Newsom indicated that it’s time to be “Asking questions....more
On the eve of the California Privacy Protection Agency’s (CPPA), the California Chamber of Commerce’s lawsuit obtained a significant victory as the Sacramento County Court granted an injunction against the CPPA delaying...more
The California Privacy Protection Agency’s (“Agency”) long-waited regulations to guide enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CPRA”) were approved by the California Office of Administrative Law last week and are...more
4/6/2023
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California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Information Governance ,
Personal Data
The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) that amended California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CPPA) comes fully into force on January 1, 2023 and the California Privacy Protection Agency is supposed to start enforcing the CPRA on...more
Following the passage of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), for the past two years, employers have been partially exempt from many of the California Consumer Privacy Act's (CCPA) mandates pertaining to applicants,...more
10/11/2022
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Continuing Legal Education ,
Covered Employer ,
Data Mapping ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Notice Requirements ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Policy ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Right to Delete ,
Safe Harbors ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Webinars
In 2016, California legalized the recreational use of marijuana. Marijuana remains illegal at the federal level and is considered a Schedule 1 drug. However, California’s legalization of recreational marijuana created issues...more
8/26/2022
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Employment Policies ,
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Medical Marijuana ,
Off-Duty Employees ,
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Recreational Use ,
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State Labor Laws
Employers in the trucking industry have repeatedly tried to challenge the applicability of California’s stringent meal and rest break laws to their workers, in light of the practical difficulties of complying with those rules...more