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Analyzing the CCPA’s New Risk Assessment Requirement
Businesses subject to the CCPA now must conduct risk assessments for certain types of processing activities and, starting in 2028, must certify to California regulators that they completed the assessments.
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Amended CA Legislation Sets Guardrails for Lawyers’ Use of Generative AI
Newly amended California legislation would set statutory guardrails for attorneys who use generative artificial intelligence to draft legal filings. Senate Bill 574 would codify many of the guidelines for AI use finalized by the state bar’s Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct in 2023.
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Ninth Circuit Pumps Brakes on CA Climate Change Disclosure Law
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit pumped the brakes on a California law requiring the state’s biggest companies to disclose their climate change-related financial risks. The law, referred to by its legislative number, SB 261, was scheduled to take effect Jan. 1.
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Colorado Attorney General’s Office Finalizes Latest Colorado Privacy Act Rulemaking
On Oct. 9, 2025, the Colorado attorney general’s (AG) office announced final revisions to the proposed draft amendments to the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) rules. This article provides background on the rulemaking and provide an overview of the revisions.
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State Legislatures Take on FARA with New FARA-Style Bills
This year has seen a wave of proposed bills in state legislatures across the United States aimed at regulating foreign-influenced political activity at the state level. While stylized to mirror portions of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), in reality, many of these laws are broader than FARA and lack the core exemptions that companies may have grown accustomed to relying upon.
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Subchapter V Filings Plummet After Senate Fails to Keep Higher Limit Intact
Subchapter V Filings for a recently crafted bankruptcy option meant to help small businesses overcome financial distress have plummeted after the U.S. Senate failed to pass a law that would keep its restrictions in place.
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California Supreme Court to Consider Reach of Two Data Privacy Laws
California's Supreme Court will consider the reach of two data privacy laws cited in a recent appellate case that found an education vendor potentially liable for a breach of student information.
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3 AI Bills in Congress for Employers to Track: Proposed Laws Target Automated Systems, Workplace Surveillance, and More
While much of the existing legal landscape on AI centers on broad, overarching principles, Congress has been considering bills that hone in on more specific issues like the workplace.
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Legislative Protections Against AI Voice Scams
A wide range of tools have been developed to perform vocal cloning, leading to vocal deepfakes becoming a common source of scams and misinformation. And these issues have only been exacerbated by a lack of appropriate laws and regulations to rein in the use of AI and protect an individual's right to their voice.
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Truth-in-Music-Advertising Law Provides No Private Right of Action to Music Groups
As for the Truth-in-Music-Advertising law in this case of first impression, band-name rights holders will have to wait for state counsel to act in order to seek remedies provided by the statute.
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