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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

California Enacts Host of AI-Related Bills Designed To Protect Individuals

In the absence of federal legislation addressing the development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, individual states continue to fill that void by enacting state-specific legislation....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

AI News Roundup – Backlash from Silicon Valley tech companies, Anti-AI movement, Apple Intelligence, and more

To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

AI News Roundup – California legislature focusing on AI regulation, OpenAI cracking down on foreign covert operations, and more

To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following....more

McDermott Will & Emery

California DOJ Plans to Use Cartwright Act to Revive Criminal Enforcement Efforts

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On March 6, 2024, Paula Blizzard, the California Department of Justice’s antitrust chief, announced on a panel at the American Bar Association’s National Institute on White Collar Crime that the California Attorney General’s...more

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ArentFox Schiff's 2023 Class Action Year in Review

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ArentFox Schiff's annual review of significant developments and trends that shaped class action litigation in 2023 has major implications for companies across the country. From labor and employment disputes to landmark...more

Epstein Becker & Green

San Francisco Releases Generative AI Guidelines for City Workers

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On December 11, 2023, the City of San Francisco released the San Francisco Generative AI Guidelines (“Guidelines”).  The Guidelines set forth parameters for City employees, contractors, consultants, volunteers, and vendors...more

Woods Rogers

CPPA’s Regulatory Enforcement Restored: It’s Time to Get Compliant

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For businesses subject to California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), privacy compliance just became urgent. A California appellate court agreed on February 9, 2024, with the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) that there...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

A Look at AI Regulation in California

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The California Legislature is back to work for 2024, and one of the items at the top of their agenda will be artificial intelligence (AI) regulation at the state level. AI regulation has become even more of a focus on a...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

New Artificial Intelligence Laws Are Set in Motion This Year

The past year will be regarded as a pivotal year for advances in artificial intelligence (AI). As the year comes to an end, lawmakers are hurrying to establish rules for the rapidly evolving technology, hoping to stimulate...more

Proskauer on Privacy

Privacy Class Action Spotlight: Latest Wave of Wiretap Class Actions Continues Despite Dismissals as Plaintiffs Try New Approaches

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Over a hundred cases are pending from the wave of privacy class actions that commenced last year alleging violations of state wiretap statutes based on use of website session replay, chatbot and pixel technologies. ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Releases Automated Decision Rules in Draft

The CPPA, the California regulatory body charged with enforcing CCPA, recently released draft regulations for use of automated decisionmaking technology. The draft comes under the law’s requirements for the agency to issue...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

How California’s New Limitations on Restrictive Covenants Affect the Technology Industry

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Beginning January 1, 2024, two new California statutes will impose additional limitations on restrictive covenants in employment agreements in the state. Technology companies are no strangers to employee restrictive...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Automated Decisionmaking Technology in California: New Rules Would Impose Transparency, Notice, and Consumer Opt-Out Obligations...

On November 27, 2023, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released draft regulations mandating notice, opt-out, and information access requirements for companies using automated decision-making technology (ADMT)...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

California Proposes New AI & Automated Decision-Making Technology Regulations

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released its draft regulatory framework for automated decision-making technology (ADMT) on November 27. These regulations are a preview of what new requirements may look like...more

DarrowEverett LLP

As Wiretap Act Claims Abound, ‘Submarine’ Counterattack Launched

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The proliferation of class action lawsuit and arbitration claim filings under the Federal Wiretap Act and various state wiretap statutes has recently grown beyond California, as other states are now beginning to see more...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Technological and Legal Defenses Against Privacy Attacks on Machine Learning Models

Machine learning (ML) models are a cornerstone of modern technology, allowing models to learn from and make predictions based on vast amounts of data. These models have become integral to various industries in an era of rapid...more

Perkins Coie

Western States Continue To Shape US Privacy Landscape: Colorado CPA and California CPRA

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The Colorado attorney general’s office sent shockwaves throughout the privacy world on September 30, 2022, when it published its proposed Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) draft rules (Draft Rules). The Draft Rules are complex and...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Biden Administration Advances California Offshore Wind Development

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On May 25, 2021, the Biden Administration announced an agreement to lease almost 400 miles off California’s northern and central coasts for offshore wind development. The announcement expands on the recent approval of the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Has the Pandemic Made California Less Concerned About Regulating Autonomous Vehicles?

Autonomous vehicle (AV) technologies continue to drive significant investment and interest from both the automotive and tech sectors alike. According to CB Insights, at least 40 companies are developing road-going,...more

White and Williams LLP

Is the Gig Up? Worker Misclassification in the Technology Age

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The legal issues underlying “worker misclassification” claims are hardly new. Worker wage claims asserting misclassification of a worker’s status under state and federal law have been around for decades. Similarly, state...more

A&O Shearman

Northern District Of California Dismisses Putative Class Action Against Large IT Services Provider

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On July 27, 2020, United States District Judge Beth Labson Freeman of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed, with leave to amend, a putative class action asserting violations of...more

Holland & Knight LLP

California Sets Standards for Worker and Workplace Safety after COVID-19 Order

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California set a new standard for creating a safer workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic. As California begins a staggered reopening, Gov. Gavin Newsom's Resilience Roadmap sets prerequisites for the Stage 2 reopening and...more

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