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The House version of the budget reconciliation package (H.R.1) includes a 10-year moratorium on state and local enforcement of “any law or regulation regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems,...more
California started 2025 with significant activity around artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace. Legislators and state agencies introduced new bills and regulations to regulate AI-driven hiring and management tools,...more
Don't quit your current job! Bloomberg Law had a good article yesterday by Jo Constantz about AI-conducted job interviews. (Paid subscription may be required to access.) According to the article, many companies are now...more
On May 22, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R. 1) by a vote of 215-214, which includes a significant provision imposing a 10-year moratorium on state and local regulation of...more
California appears to be changing its approach to how it regulates artificial intelligence, likely reflecting its reaction to challenges seen recently in other states. Namely, the California Privacy Protection Agency recently...more
As artificial intelligence ("AI") systems and their use continue to advance, the regulatory landscape in the United States is rapidly evolving, but not in a uniform way. Unlike the European Union's comprehensive approach with...more
Artificial intelligence is driving a transformation across industries, with unprecedented opportunities for innovation, automation, and efficiency. Yet as AI integrates more deeply into business processes, it also brings a...more
The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into employment decision-making has revolutionized how companies recruit, evaluate, and manage employees. These high-functioning AI tools are capable of screening job...more
On May 12, 2025, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (H) Working Group released a Request for Information (RFI), signaling that it may draft a model law to regulate...more
A bipartisan coalition of 37 AGs sent a letter to leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives opposing a federal ban against state-level regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. In the letter, the AGs argue that...more
On May 8 2025, the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) confirmed that the Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) is directly applicable to AI-supported data processing. The FDPIC clarified...more
Adam Bouka By Adam Bouka Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming how companies find, evaluate, and hire talent—but it’s also raising red flags among regulators and courts. Two big developments in May 2025 show that HR...more
In an important decision for employers who use AI software in making hiring decisions, a California federal district court granted preliminary collective certification under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) to...more
California lawmakers have proposed new legislation to reshape the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace. While this bill aims to protect workers, employers have expressed concerns about how it might...more
California workplaces may finally see new regulations addressing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) – specifically automated-decision systems (ADS) –in the employment context go into effect this summer....more
An influential House committee just advanced a sweeping proposal to impose a decade-long moratorium on state-level laws regulating artificial intelligence – a move that could dramatically reshape the regulatory landscape for...more
By now, we all know what AI is. Some of us use ChatGPT as our search engine, confidant, secretary, travel agent, and much more. Others, at least, are acutely aware that AI exists, because everyone else is talking about it,...more
The California Civil Rights Division has finalized regulations addressing employer use of artificial intelligence and automated decision systems. The proposed regulations, which are pending approval with the Office of...more
Generative AI is just beginning to fully integrate across the contracting lifecycle, from pre- to post-execution. Many of today’s providers specialize in niche processes only. Here are five examples of where generative AI is...more
In the latest lawsuit of its kind, the American Civil Liberties Union recently filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Division and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) alleging an AI interviewing...more
On this episode of the R&G Tech Studio podcast, Rohan Massey, a leader of Ropes & Gray’s data, privacy and cybersecurity practice, is joined by data, privacy and cybersecurity counsel Edward Machin to discuss the AI literacy...more
California’s privacy regulator intends to advance sweeping new rules that would govern AI tools used for automated decision-making purposes – but Governor Newsom just stepped in and signaled concern that these rules could...more
For many, using artificial intelligence is a common part of our everyday lives, particularly in internet searches. But it’s also used in doctors’ offices, schools, and many more workplaces....more
Early this year, the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General and Division on Civil Rights (the “DCR”) issued new guidance (the “Guidance”) addressing how the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (the “LAD”) applies to...more
Join Troutman Pepper Locke Partner Brett Mason for a podcast series analyzing the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI), health care, and the law. In this installment of The Good Bot, Brett Mason is joined by Partners...more