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Texas Enacts Responsible AI Governance Act: What Companies Need to Know

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Governor Greg Abbott signed HB 149, the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA), into law on June 22, 2025. With its passage, Texas becomes the third state to adopt a comprehensive AI law. Notably,...more

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Texas Adopts the Responsible AI Governance Act

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On June 22, 2025, Governor Abbott signed HB 149, the “Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act” (the Act or TRAIGA), making Texas the third US state, after Colorado and Utah, to adopt a comprehensive...more

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Texas Legislature Passes House Bill 149 to Regulate AI Use

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On May 31, 2025, the Texas legislature passed House Bill 149 (H.B. 149), the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (“TRAIGA”), and presented the bill to Governor Greg Abbott on June 2, 2025 for signature....more

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The Texas Responsible AI Governance Act and Its Potential Impact on Employers

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On 23 December 2024, Texas State Representative Giovanni Capriglione (R-Tarrant County) filed the Texas Responsible AI Governance Act (the Act), adding Texas to the list of states seeking to regulate artificial intelligence...more

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Texas Court Vacates CFPB's Revised UDAAP Exam Manual and Its New Anti-Discrimination Guidance

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In a not-entirely-unexpected ruling, Judge J. Campbell Barker of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas recently vacated the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) updated Unfair, Deceptive, or...more

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Texas Passes the CROWN Act, Joining 20 Other States in Banning Racial Discrimination Based on Hair Texture or Hairstyle

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On May 27, 2023, Governor Greg Abbott signed into law the CROWN Act (House Bill No. 567), making Texas the twenty-first state to ban racial discrimination based on hair texture or hairstyle in schools, employment, and...more

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Decoded: Technology Law Insights - V 4, Issue 1, January 2023

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Big Boosts to Cybersecurity and Tech Funding in $1.7T Omnibus Bill Signed by Biden - “The bipartisan fiscal 2023 omnibus spending agreement includes $2.9 billion for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, a...more

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First Texas Court of Appeals to Follow Bostock Ruling

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Nine months after the United States Supreme Court's historic decision in Bostock, the Texas Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals had to decide whether the interpretation of Title VII's language in protecting LGBTQ employees also...more

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