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On June 22, the governor of Texas signed into law HB 149 to establish the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA) and regulate the conduct of AI developers broadly in the Lone Star State. TRAIGA bans...more
Texas has become the second state, after Colorado, to enact omnibus legislation regulating artificial intelligence (AI) systems. On June 22, 2025, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law the Texas Responsible Artificial...more
On June 22, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA or the Texas AI Act) into law. The new law goes into effect January 1, 2026. The law places obligations...more
Texas AG Ken Paxton announced a settlement in principle with Google LLC to resolve allegations of data privacy and security violations. The settlement will resolve lawsuits filed by Texas against Google for allegedly...more
State attorneys general across the U.S. took bold steps in 2024 to address unlawful activities by corporations in several areas, including privacy and data security, financial transparency, children’s internet safety, and...more
Several state attorneys general (AGs) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have begun scrutinizing ancestry tracking company 23andMe following its recent announcement that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. As part of...more
Comprehensive state privacy laws often task a state regulator to promulgate accompanying regulations that clarify the law’s requirements and to enforce the law by providing further guidance through its enforcement actions....more
Colorado Adopts Amendments to CPA Rules - The Colorado Attorney General announced the adoption of amendments to the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”) rules. The rules will become effective on January 30, 2025. The rules...more
As we enter the New Year, Wiley is looking ahead to the top privacy developments and trends to watch in 2025. On the state side, 2025 kicked off with several new privacy laws going into effect in January, and states continue...more
Morrison Foerster’s State and Local Government Task Force is pleased to provide our bimonthly newsletter summarizing some of the most important and interesting developments from state attorneys general (State AGs) across the...more
Keypoint: The attorney general’s office modified the Colorado Privacy Act Rules to create a process for issuing opinion letters and interpretative guidance and to address the biometric and children’s privacy amendments passed...more
Just over one year after the Colorado Privacy Act Rules took effect, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office filed a set of proposed draft amendments that, if implemented, would significantly modify the Rules to reflect recent...more
On October 30, 2024, the Colorado attorney general (AG) announced a November 7, 2024, public rulemaking hearing to receive feedback on its latest proposed Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) regulations...more
On September 13, 2024, the Colorado Attorney General published a set of proposed rules for the Colorado Privacy Act. The proposed rules introduce several significant changes aimed at enhancing consumer privacy protections and...more
On September 13, 2024, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office (AG) published proposed amendments to the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) Rules that create new requirements for the collection and use of biometric data and children’s...more
On July 30, 2024, a Texas state court issued an Order finalizing the largest-ever biometrics settlement, between the Texas Attorney General and Meta for a staggering $1.4 billion. The settlement resolves a longstanding civil...more
These are the top 10 things you need to know from from the world of privacy last month, as compiled by me. •Texas means business when it comes to biometrics. The Texas Attorney General recently secured a $1.4 billion...more
Recently, Texas Attorney General (AG) Ken Paxton announced the launch of a Texas data privacy and security law enforcement initiative by establishing a new unit focusing on Texas’ privacy laws. The AG’s Office made the...more
Keypoint: The Texas Attorney General reached a $1.4 billion settlement with Meta over its alleged violations of Texas’ biometric privacy law. On July 30, 2024, the Texas Attorney General announced that it has reached a $1.4...more
A bipartisan coalition of 43 AGs submitted comments on the FTC’s proposed amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) supporting restrictions on the use of children’s personal information (PI) and...more
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Rite Aid Settles Allegations its Facial Recognition...more
The state of Oregon has passed a comprehensive data protection law (SB0619), which will go into effect in July 2024. What do you need to know about SB0619, also known as the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act?...more
In this edition of Faegre Drinker’s State Attorneys General Update, we discuss: • The Colorado AG’s $4 million settlement with two credit unions related to auto loan GAP fees...more
In January 2023, New York Attorney General Letitia James sent a letter to Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corporation (MSG), seeking information about its use of facial recognitional technology to prohibit ticketholders...more
On August 22, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) indicated through the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking its intent to limit commercial surveillance – the common corporate practice of collecting, analyzing, and...more