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Heightened Protection of Reproductive Health Information at US State Level on the Rise - Amendments to Virginia’s Consumer...

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On March 24, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin approved SB 754, titled “Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, etc., reproductive or sexual health information.”...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

5 Reasons Virginia’s New Reproductive and Sexual Health Privacy Law is a BFD for Business (Spoiler: There’s a Private Right of...

In a development that seems to have flown mostly under the radar this week, Virginia’s governor signed on Monday SB754, a bill passed by the state’s General Assembly that amends the state’s Consumer Protection Act to strictly...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Employer FAQ: Massachusetts’s New Pay Transparency And Pay Data Reporting Requirements

Massachusetts has passed into law An Act Relative to Salary Range Transparency (the “Act”), which means that pay transparency and pay data reporting requirements will soon become official.  In advance of the effective dates...more

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Maryland Employers: Amended Pay Transparency Law Requires Wage Range Disclosure in Job Postings

Maryland was one of the first states to implement a pay transparency law in 2020, and now it joins several states in broadening that law to require employers to disclose a wage range for open positions (Washington, D.C.’s pay...more

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Litigation Minute: State Statutes and the Private Right of Action (Generative AI Series: Part Two of Three)

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What You Need To Know In A Minute Or Less - Class action litigation challenging generative artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly become a familiar feature of the legal landscape. While early, headline-grabbing complaints...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

New Jersey Adopts a Comprehensive Data Privacy Law

2023 was a record-breaking year, with legislators in Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas passing comprehensive data privacy laws, joining California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah and Virginia. Already...more

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Washington State Imposes Further Restrictions on the Use of Noncompetition Agreements

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On June 6, 2024, new amendments to Washington State’s noncompetition statute (RCW 49.62) will go into effect, which place further limitations on the use of noncompetition agreements in Washington. Substitute Senate Bill 5935...more

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Washington, D.C.: Another Player in the Pay Transparency Trend

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As we reported in early 2023, several states have passed pay transparency laws that require certain disclosures in job postings (both internally and externally). That trend has continued, with states like Illinois joining the...more

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Biz Opps Stung, Once Again, by the Beehive State

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On March 23, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed into law sweeping amendments to the state’s Business Opportunity Disclosure Act (BODA). The amendments expand the scope of the statute to cover a broad spectrum of business...more

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Businesses Face New Litigation Risk Over Biometric Information

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Social media has played an oversized role in lawsuits under state and local biometric privacy laws, including especially the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). See, e.g., Thornley v. Clearview AI, Inc., 984...more

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New York City Biometric Ordinance Effective July 9, Are You Ready?

New York City recently enacted a biometric ordinance that is set to come into effect July 9, 2021. With this ordinance, NYC joins other cities (like Portland) in regulating the use of biometric information. The ordinance may...more

International Lawyers Network

Don’t Smile at the Camera – New Biometric Data Laws

Biometric data is seen as a preferred means of identification by many businesses. Unlocking a smartphone using facial recognition and other biometric identifiers, for example, gives users the feeling as if they are more...more

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CCPA 2.0 Passes: The California Privacy Rights Act To Become Law

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On November 3, 2020, California voters convincingly approved the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) ballot initiative. The CPRA builds upon and amends the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”), aligning it more with...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

New Year, New Hires: The California Consumer Privacy Act and Your Employees

It’s January 2020. Thousands of businesses just completed the mad dash to meet the California Consumer Privacy Act’s (CCPA) requirements. Unfortunately, now is not the time to take a breather if you have employees in...more

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California’s privacy law went into effect Jan. 1; have you spoken to IT yet?

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 1 (January 9, 2020) - California’s new data privacy law went into effect Jan. 1, 2020, but the date is largely symbolic. Companies should already have a data management plan in...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - September 2019

In this issue, we summarize regulatory, litigation and industry developments from May to September 2019 impacting the investment management sector, including SEC action on standards of conduct for broker-dealers and...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) – Amendment Update - Cybersecurity and Privacy Alert

The dust has finally settled in the California State Legislature and the big winner for amendments to the CCPA is AB-25, which started out as carving out employees from the definition of consumer for the purpose of CCPA. The...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

California’s New Bot Law Prohibits Use of Undeclared Bots

On July 1, California became the first state in the country to require that “bots” reveal their “artificial identity” when they are used for certain commercial and political purposes. The law does not provide for a private...more

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California Dramatically Expands Consumer Privacy Rights For the Entire Country

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California recently passed the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, described by Former Gov. Jerry Brown as a “historic step” for California consumers, “giving them control over their personal data.”  He claimed that the...more

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Are Felonious Statements Under The General Corporation Law Actionable?

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Section 2254 of the California Corporations declares it a felony for a director, officer or agent of any corporation, whether domestic or foreign, to knowingly concur in making, publishing or posting either generally or...more

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Move over, CCPA? New York Considers Sweeping Data Privacy Law

New York’s state legislature is considering a new data privacy law that would set the standard for data privacy in the U.S. The New York Privacy Act (the “NYPA” or the “Act”), which is currently being considered by the state...more

Holland & Knight LLP

California Consumer Privacy Act Update: Assembly Approves 12 Amendments - Changes Would Exclude Employees and Vehicle Information,...

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• California's protracted legislative and regulatory process has complicated the landscape for businesses needing to implement the operational, technical and procedural changes required by the California Consumer Privacy Act....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

The California Consumer Privacy Act - What to Know—and What to Do

Didn’t I Already Do This for GDPR? If you already have a compliance program for the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a lot of this may sound familiar. While the CCPA borrows a number of GDPR concepts and...more

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Proposed Bill Would Substantially Rewrite the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018

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...On April 4, 2019, California Assembly Member Wicks proposed sweeping changes to bill AB 1760, effectively repealing the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and replacing it with the Privacy for All Act of 2019...more

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The Next Chapter in US Consumer Privacy starts with the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). The CCPA has broad application,...

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What is the California consumer privacy act? The CCPA is a consumer protection regulation that gives all California residents strong privacy rights that companies are required to honor....more

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