On October 14, 2026, a coalition of 40 state Attorneys General filed a Notice of Interest and Reservation of Rights in the bankruptcy proceeding involving debtor, Character Technologies, Inc. (Character) regarding its product Character.AI’s “outstanding regulatory, safety and privacy issues.”
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HazCom’s November 20 Deadline: What Employers Still Have Time to Fix
By Jon Schaefer
Any employer whose workforce handles hazardous chemicals has a hard date on the calendar: November 20, 2026. That is when the employer-facing obligations of OSHA’s overhauled Hazard Communication Standard, 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1200, come due for chemical substances. The…
New York’s Landmark Personnel File Law
By Abby Warren & Bryce Simmons
Effective November 8, 2026, New York employers will be subject to a personnel record law that creates rights for current and former employees while imposing several new obligations on employers. Prior to this law, no such rights or compliance obligations…
What We Are Reading: Environmental + Energy Series | AI, Nuclear Power, and the Future of Permitting
By Jon Schaefer
Week of October 5, 2026
From AI-powered permitting and evolving federal permitting reforms to the continued resurgence of nuclear energy and new legal battles over fuel economy standards, this week offered another reminder that energy and environmental policy remain deeply…
Alleged ShinyHunters’ Leader Detained by Law Enforcement
Maybe attacking the FBI was not such a brilliant idea. Following the FBI attack, one of the suspected leaders of ShinyHunters has been detained and is in custody. Apparently, there is no honor among thieves, as he is reportedly assisting…
Court Finds that MLB’s Arbitration Clause Doesn’t Cover the Bases
By Roma Patel
On September 30, 2026, a New York federal judge denied Major League Baseball’s digital-ticketing arm, MLB Advanced Media, L.P. (MLBAM), a chance to send to arbitration most claims over tickets that disappeared from the MLB Ballpark app after a cyberattack.…
Personalized Pricing Puts Data Practices and Disclosures Under the Microscope
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) proposed enforcement policy statement on personalized pricing signals that businesses may face scrutiny when they use consumer-specific data to set different prices for different customers without disclosing that practice. The statement is not binding law,…
CA AG Subpoenas OpenAI
In the wake of two lawsuits against it, California Attorney General Rob Bonta recently served an investigative subpoena on OpenAI as part of the California Department of Justice’s (DOJ) ongoing investigation of incidents resulting from the operations of OpenAI…
The Problem With AI-Generated Privacy Policy Advice
Clients are increasingly turning to AI before they speak with outside counsel, and sometimes after, by pasting legal advice, contract language, or other work product into a public AI model to ask follow-up questions. Used thoughtfully, these tools can help…
California’s New AI Laws Put Workplace Safeguards on the Agenda
California is taking a leading role in regulating artificial intelligence at work. A newly signed package of laws limits employers’ use of AI in several high-stakes settings: employers may not rely entirely on AI to decide whether to fire a…