Hunton Andrews Kurth’s 300-lawyer cross-disciplinary Retail Industry Team has released its annual 2023 Retail Industry Year in Review. The Review discusses retail industry issues that implicate multiple legal practice areas and highlights new and emerging risks retailers may encounter in
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California Seeks to Regulate Employer Use of AI
On February 15, 2024, California lawmakers introduced the bill AB 2930. AB 2930 seeks to regulate use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) in various industries to combat “algorithmic discrimination.” The proposed bill defines “algorithmic discrimination” as a “condition in which an
New USPTO AI-Assisted Invention Guidance Will Affect Retailers and Consumer Goods Companies
In our client alert, A Brief Explanation of the USPTO’s Useful New AI-Assisted Invention Guidance, we discuss the Inventorship Guidance for AI-assisted Inventions, 89 Fed. Reg. 10043 (Feb. 13, 2024), recently released by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
CIPL Publishes Discussion Paper on Data Protection Assessment Requirements Under U.S. State Privacy Laws
The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP recently published a discussion paper on “Comparison of US State Privacy Laws: Data Protection Assessments.” This blog entry provides a summary of the paper and a link to download
CIPL Releases White Paper on Accountable AI Best Practices
On February 21, 2024, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP published a white paper on Building Accountable AI Programs: Mapping Emerging Best Practices to the CIPL Accountability Framework. This blog entry discusses the paper and
Webinar Invite: Top Tips for Employers – Leap into Labor Law
Please join Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP for a complimentary webinar:
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Thursday, February 29, 2024
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California Children’s Privacy Bill Moves to Committee
On February 12, 2024, California bill AB-1949 was referred to the Assembly Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection. The bill would amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act) to significantly expand businesses’ obligations
Second CCPA Enforcement Action Settlement Announced by California AG
On February 21, 2024, the California Attorney General announced that it had reached a settlement resolving an enforcement action under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and the California Online Privacy Protection Act (“CalOPPA”) brought against online food delivery company
In High Stakes Battle Between Arbitration and PAGA, Wins, Losses, and Questions
The legal path between employee arbitration agreements under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) and representative claims under the California Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA”) has been anything but smooth. A new (albeit unpublished and uncitable) case, Piran v. Yamaha Motor
An Update on the SEC’s Cybersecurity Reporting Rules
As we pass the two-month anniversary of the effectiveness of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Form 8-K cybersecurity reporting rules under new Item 1.05, this blog post provides a high-level summary of the filings made to date.