California has enacted three new laws governing employer use of artificial intelligence and automated tools in layoffs, workplace monitoring, discipline, and termination. These laws are separate from the California Consumer Privacy Act’s automated decisionmaking technology (ADMT) rules and apply more
California has officially entered a new era of artificial intelligence regulation. Governor Newsom has signed Senate Bill 574 (SB 574) into law—a “first-in-the-nation” measure establishing clear statutory boundaries for how attorneys and arbitrators operating in California use generative AI tools
The Pentagon wants commercial AI, and AI companies want the Pentagon’s business. But the terms that make or break these deals are often about data, security, and rights, not algorithms. That demand runs deep across U.S. defense customers and the
California has shut down one increasingly popular theory of website-tracking liability. With Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature, SB 690 amends the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) and eliminates the private right of action under Section 638.51 for pen-register and trap-and-trace
If you weren’t quite sure about the EU Cyber Resilience Act, this is what it does:
The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) Regulation establishes mandatory cybersecurity requirements for “products with digital elements” (PDEs) that are placed on the EU market, in
California lawmakers have sent Senate Bill 690 to Governor Gavin Newsom, teeing up a narrowing of website-tracking litigation under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), who has until September 30 to sign or veto the legislation. If signed, the
The California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, has issued its tentative ruling in Variety Media, LLC v. Superior Court, the closely watched writ proceeding that asks whether the pen register provisions of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”)
On August 11, 2026, the Colorado Department of Law released a single set of proposed rules substantially building out two 2026 statutes: the Automated Decision-Making Technology Act (“ADMT Act”) and the Conversational Artificial Intelligence Service Operator Requirements (the “Chatbot Safety
Senior United States District Judge William H. Orrick, sitting in the Northern District of California, denied a motion to dismiss last week in an Automated License Plate Recognition (“ALPR”) matter, McGinty v. Reimagined Parking LLC, d/b/a Imperial Parking.[1] Judge
Seyfarth Synopsis: On Thursday 30 July, the European Commission issued a press release advising that EU AI Act enforcement begins this SUNDAY, 2 August 2026, when the Act’s transparency rules start to apply. Chatbots and other interactive AI systems need
