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More States Ban Foreign AI Tools on Government Devices

Womble Bond Dickinson on 4/14/2025

Alabama and Oklahoma have become the latest states to ban from state-owned devices and networks certain AI tools with links to foreign governments. ...more

Illinois Insights: An update from Cozen O'Connor (3/10)

Cozen O'Connor on 3/11/2025

Gov. JB Pritzker’s $300M proposal seeks to attract developers to abandoned sites that now draw only vandals- “The Pritzker administration said the program would create jobs and support community revitalization, and the...more

2025 California Legal Updates: What You Need to Know – Part Five

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 3/7/2025

In Part Five of the New Laws series from Best Best & Krieger LLP (BBK), new legislation for 2025 focusing on the Brown Act, Environment, Public Contracts, Affordable Housing, Elections and Employment Law includes key...more

US Federal Regulation of AI Is Likely To Be Lighter, but States May Fill the Void

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/15/2025

Key Points - - President-elect Trump appointed David Sacks, a venture capitalist, as the White House AI and crypto czar. - The Trump administration is likely to adopt a light regulatory approach to AI development and...more

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/25/2024

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

Pennsylvania Amends Data Protection Requirements with Revised Breach Notification Act

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/22/2024

On June 28, Pennsylvania took a significant step to enhance its data protection framework by updating the Breach of Personal Information Notification Act through the enactment of SB 824. This new legislation revises the older...more

Florida Legislature Passes Data Breach Immunity Legislation

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 3/12/2024

The Florida legislature passed a bill that provides immunity to companies that suffer a data breach. The immunity is conditioned on the company: (1) complying with the notice requirements of Florida’s data breach notification...more

Eye on Privacy: 2023 Year in Review

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/7/2024

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - What is the Privacy Impact of the White House AI Order for Businesses? Posted November 28, 2023 Biden’s sweeping AI Executive Order sought to have artificial intelligence used in accordance...more

Florida Bill Proposes Safe Harbor Against Breach Suits to Businesses Maintaining Recognized Cybersecurity Programs

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/25/2024

A recently introduced bill in the Florida Legislature would provide businesses operating in Florida, including health care providers, with a legal defense to data breach lawsuits if they maintain robust cybersecurity measures...more

The Current Status of Privacy Laws Across the United States

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 1/17/2024

Unlike the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union (EU), the United States does not have a nationwide comprehensive data privacy law. Instead, the United States applies a sectoral approach to its...more

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 1, January 2024

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 1/17/2024

The Current Status of Privacy Laws Across the United States - Unlike the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union (EU), the United States does not have a nationwide comprehensive data privacy law....more

Oregon Enacts Consumer Privacy Act

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/31/2023

On July 18, 2023, Oregon’s Governor Tina Kotek signed SB 619, which created the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (“OCPA”). Oregon joins California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Iowa, Indiana, Tennessee, Montana, Florida,...more

New Iowa Legislation Creates Cybersecurity Safe Harbor

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/19/2023

Iowa becomes the fourth U.S. state to provide an affirmative defense for companies that adopt a cybersecurity framework - Iowa is the fourth state—following Ohio, Connecticut, and Utah—to provide a statutory incentive for...more

Don’t Mess with Texas or Its Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Laws

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 7/11/2023

In recent years, the Lone Star State has been vigilant in enacting cybersecurity and data privacy laws to protect individuals and businesses from the disastrous effects of a data breach. Here is a timeline of previous...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity - June 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/6/2023

In our June Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we review new data privacy laws in Colorado, Connecticut, Florida and Montana; Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report; AM Best’s report on cyber insurance trends; and...more

Brooks Pierce Capital Dispatch: Governor Signs Critical Infrastructure Bill, Budget Negotiations Continue

Brooks Pierce on 6/26/2023

Gov. Roy Cooper this week signed a new critical infrastructure law and legislators continued budget negotiations. Budget Negotiations - Budget negotiators this week continued work on a conference committee report for...more

For Virginia Employers: Employment Law Changes Effective July 1, 2023

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 6/21/2023

On July 1, 2023, laws that were passed by the General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Glenn Younkin become effective in Virginia. In the most recent legislative session, a number of new employment laws were passed...more

Privacy Briefs: May 2023

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 5/12/2023

Five former Memphis-based hospital employees and another man have pled guilty to unlawfully disclosing patient information in violation of HIPAA, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Kevin Ritz announced....more

Washington Enacts First In the Nation Health Data Protection Law

UB Greensfelder LLP on 5/1/2023

By: Frances Floriano Goins and Michael Davis Hoenig About: Cybersecurity & Privacy May 1, 2023 – Last week, the Governor of Washington signed a package of legislation aimed at protecting the health care of women in response...more

Massachusetts Governor Issues Executive Order to Strengthen State’s Cyber Defenses

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 12/19/2022

Governor Charlie Baker recently took steps to strengthen cybersecurity in Massachusetts by signing an executive order on December 14, 2022 creating an advisory panel to improve the state’s cyber defense. The new state task...more

Governor Wolf Signs Bill to Aid Pennsylvania State and Local Government in Fighting Cybercrime

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti,... on 8/9/2022

On July 7, 2022, Governor Wolf approved House Bill 2412, which authorizes the governor additional powers under Title 51 to order the Pennsylvania National Guard to support State and Local government entities with...more

President Biden Signs Two Cybersecurity Bills Into Law

Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti,... on 7/1/2022

Takeaway: President Biden recently signed into law the “Federal Rotation Cyber Workforce Program Act” and the “State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act”. With these new laws, the Biden Administration is attempting to...more

Preparing for the Tidal Wave and Bracing for the Tsunami: Utah Becomes the Fourth State to Pass Privacy Legislation

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 3/11/2022

At last count, at least 39 states have introduced (or passed) comprehensive privacy legislation. After what was previously a watch-and-wait game of legislative whack-a-mole, we are now seeing this legislation get passed and...more

Privacy Report: Utah Will Soon Publish US’s Latest Comprehensive State Privacy Law

ArentFox Schiff on 3/11/2022

US News - Utah Will Soon Publish US’s Latest Comprehensive State Privacy Law - The Utah Consumer Privacy Act, also known as Senate Bill 227, recently cleared the Senate and the House. Though there are a few more steps...more

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 22 2022

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 3/2/2022

The House and Senate did get some work done on Legislative Day 22, including approval of the $1.6 billion tax refund package proposed by Governor Kemp in his State of the State address by the House (HB 1302)....more

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