The fashion and retail industry experienced another year of considerable change in 2023. As advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) spurred innovation within the industry, consumers and regulators worldwide called for...more
1/30/2024
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California ,
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Consumers ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Due Diligence ,
E-Commerce ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Fabrics ,
Fair Use ,
Fashion Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Forced Labor ,
FTC Act ,
FTC Endorsement Guidelines ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Innovation ,
Labor Code ,
Luxury Goods ,
Machine Learning ,
Mergers ,
New Legislation ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
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Professional Regulators ,
Ransomware ,
Real Estate Market ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Retailers ,
Sustainability ,
The Copyright Act
For better or worse, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is already transforming the way we live and work. Within two months of its initial release to the public, ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly active users,...more
1/4/2024
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Artificial Intelligence ,
College Admissions ,
Copyright ,
Grants ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
Patents ,
Professors ,
Remote Learning ,
Research and Development ,
Students ,
Teachers ,
Universities
In an opinion issued on December 11, the US Copyright Office Review Board affirmed a refusal to register a work of art created in part by generative artificial intelligence (AI), concluding that the work lacked the “human...more
The increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace has already raised issues about working time, proper classification, and discrimination. This alert addresses some of these issues.
Working Time and...more
In an early test of the interplay between artificial intelligence (AI) and copyright law, the US District Court for the Northern District of California recently allowed a copyright infringement claim to proceed against an AI...more
On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued an expansive Executive Order (EO) on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), aiming to establish standards for AI technology to...more
11/8/2023
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Cybersecurity ,
Department of Education ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Executive Orders ,
Healthcare ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
National Security ,
NIST ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Risk Management ,
Technology Sector
As we enter the final quarter of 2023, the ArentFox Schiff Hospitality Industry group has identified several opportunities and challenges that could impact the hospitality industry, including issues related to artificial...more
On October 4, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted a virtual roundtable discussion to understand the impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) on creative fields.
FTC Chair Lina M. Khan acknowledged that...more
This notice signals the Copyright Office’s continued interest in the questions raised by generative AI in the copyright space and offers an opportunity for stakeholders to provide feedback on whether legislative or regulatory...more
For better or worse, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is already transforming the way we live and work. Within two months of its initial release to the public, ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly active users,...more
Artificial intelligence promises to transform the way we live and work and its impact will undoubtedly stretch to every business sector across the globe. This next generation of technology brings exciting possibilities and...more
8/29/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Automotive Industry ,
Biometric Information ,
Clean Energy ,
Clinical Trials ,
Confidentiality Policies ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Diagnostic Imaging Services ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Distribution Rules ,
Driverless Cars ,
Energy Sector ,
Enforcement ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Ethics ,
Family Offices ,
Fantasy Sports ,
Fashion Industry ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Greenwashing ,
Healthcare ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Labor Regulations ,
Life Sciences ,
Logistics ,
Long-Term Care ,
Machine Learning ,
Medical Devices ,
Medical Research ,
Nonprofits ,
Open Source Software ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privately Held Corporations ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Renewable Energy ,
Retailers ,
Software ,
Sports ,
Sports Betting ,
Technology Sector ,
Vehicle Navigation Systems
On July 21, the White House announced that seven top US artificial intelligence (AI) companies, have voluntarily committed to implementing safeguards in AI technology development. These commitments aim to manage potential...more
For better or worse, generative artificial intelligence (AI) is already transforming the way we live and work. Retail and fashion companies that fail to embrace AI likely risk losing their current market share or, worse,...more
8/17/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Compensation ,
Confidential Information ,
Data Security ,
Distribution Rules ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Ethics ,
Fashion Design ,
Fashion Industry ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
Open Source Software ,
Reliability Standards ,
Retail Market ,
Retailers ,
Software
For better or worse, generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already transforming the way we live and work. Within two months of its initial release to the public, ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly active users, making...more
7/24/2023
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Confidential Information ,
Consumer Product Companies ,
Copyright Office ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement ,
Fair Compensation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
Open Source Software ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Software ,
Supply Chain ,
User-Generated Content
For better or worse, generative artificial intelligence (AI) is already transforming the way we live and work. Within two months of its initial release to the public, ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly active users, making...more
7/20/2023
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Bots ,
Confidentiality Policies ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement ,
Healthcare ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Long-Term Care ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Senior Housing ,
Technology ,
Unions
In a putative class action filed on June 28, 2023, in the Northern District of California, and in other similar cases, plaintiffs allege that OpenAI, Microsoft, and their respective affiliates violated the privacy rights of...more
7/18/2023
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Business Model ,
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Data Privacy ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Getty Images ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
Open Source Software ,
Privacy Laws ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Software ,
User-Generated Content ,
Web Scraping
In an early test of a potential landmark lawsuit involving generative AI coding tools, a claim for breach of open-source licenses partially survived the defendants’ motion to dismiss. The case joins a recent trend of...more
6/16/2023
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California ,
Coding ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Data Breach ,
Infringement ,
Licenses ,
Machine Learning ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Open Source Software ,
Popular
For better or worse, generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already transforming the way we live and work. Within two months of its initial release to the public, ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly active users, making...more
6/13/2023
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Compensation ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Data Security ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
Open Source Software ,
Popular ,
Reliability Standards ,
Software
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already transforming the way we live and work. Within two months of its initial release to the public, ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly active users, making it the fastest-growing...more
6/8/2023
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Confidentiality Policies ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Compensation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
Nonprofits ,
Open Source Software ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Reliability Standards ,
Software Developers ,
Trade Associations ,
User-Generated Content
On May 18, 2023, the US Supreme Court affirmed the Second Circuit’s decision that artist Andy Warhol’s silkscreen portrait of Lynn Goldsmith’s photograph of musician Prince, used for a Vanity Fair cover, was not a fair use...more
1. Consumer Law Reforms -
2023 will see an increase in class action lawsuits targeting per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in consumer products as more PFAS-limiting laws go into effect. Specifically, we expect food...more
4/4/2023
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Automatic Renewals ,
Cryptoassets ,
Fake Reviews ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Influencers ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
PFAS ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Product Packaging ,
Proposition 65 ,
ROSCA ,
Subscription Services ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
With the advent of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, and Google’s Bard, generative artificial intelligence (AI) is all the rage from students looking for an easy answer to c-suite executives hoping to stay ahead of the game....more
The Copyright Office indicated that material created using AI may be copyrightable if a human author sufficiently controls the creative process.
Less than a month after denying copyright protection to AI-generated...more
With the US Copyright Office (USCO) continuing their stance that protection only extends to human authorship, what will this mean for artificial intelligence (AI)-generated works — and artists — in the future?
Almost...more