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America’s AI Action Plan is a “National Security Imperative”

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Key Takeaways - America’s AI Action Plan (the Plan) emphasizes respect for states’ rights to legislate AI, provided that such laws prudently balance innovation and align with the Plan....more

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Increase In Fraudulent Business Filings

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How Can You Protect Yourself and Your Business? What Is A Fraudulent Business Filing? The phrase is relatively self-explanatory: any business filing obtained, changed, or filed without authorization and/or involving...more

McDermott Will & Emery

State Regulators Address Insurers’ Use of AI: 11 States Adopt NAIC Model Bulletin

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In December 2023, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) adopted a Model Bulletin on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems by Insurers. The model bulletin reminds insurance carriers that they...more

Jenner & Block

Websites and Wiretap Laws: Emerging Trends in Privacy Class Action Litigation Risks

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As an onslaught of recent class actions allege, companies may be liable for eavesdropping and wiretapping based on the use of common analytics software on their platforms. For instance, in California, plaintiffs have filed...more

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In Wake of Healthcare System Cyberattack, 22 State Attorneys General Call for Further Action of Data Privacy

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On April 25, 2024, the attorneys general of 22 states issued a letter encouraging UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiary, Change Healthcare, to take additional steps to respond to a massively disruptive cyberattack. The broad,...more

Cozen O'Connor

State Attorney Activism and Enforcement Trends

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State attorneys general continue to become more influential as they drive legal innovation and policy change at the state and federal levels. This article discusses trends in AG activity, enforcement priorities, the impact of...more

Hogan Lovells

New York State Expected to Increase Enforcement of Cybersecurity Practices

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Companies should take note of two imminent developments in New York in the area of cybersecurity regulation: enforcement of the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) Cybersecurity Regulation (Regulation) and the...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

State Legislature Hears Concerns About Proposed Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Bill

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On October 7, 2019, the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure held a hearing on pending legislation, including An Act Relative to Consumer Data Privacy (S.120). Modeled on the California Consumer...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - July 2019

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In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine New York's new laws expanding consumer protection for data breaches, the D.C. Circuit's two rulings deepening the split regarding standing in data...more

Hogan Lovells

California Consumer Privacy Act: The Challenge Ahead – Consumer Litigation and the CCPA: What to Expect

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This post discusses litigation exposure that businesses collecting personal information about California consumers should consider in the wake of the California Legislature’s passage of the California Consumer Privacy Act of...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

California Passes Strictest Data Privacy Law in the Nation—Even Businesses Outside of California Could be Affected

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California has now enacted the strictest data privacy law in the nation. The Consumer Right to Privacy Act of 2018 ("California Privacy Act"), which is set to go into effect on January 1, 2020, seeks to give consumers more...more

Jones Day

California Adopts Sweeping Consumer Privacy Law

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The Situation: Unanimously passed by the California state legislature, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 introduces the nation's most wide-ranging consumer data privacy laws. The Result: New consumer protections...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

What You Need to Know: California’s New Privacy Act

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On June 28, 2018, California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). CCPA, unlike any other law, requires companies to honor specific privacy rights of California consumers granted under CCPA....more

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California Moves Towards GDPR-like Privacy Protections in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018

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...On June 28, 2018, California passed AB 375, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), which will become effective January 1, 2020. Introduced just a week earlier in an effort to defeat a much stricter...more

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The Ascent Of State Attorneys General As Quasi-Policymakers

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Casual observers understand the important and dynamic role that State Attorneys General (“AGs”) play across the country, whether that role is actively enforcing their state’s laws, challenging the federal government, or...more

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