II-26 – Superbowl Concerns, Tax Reform/MeToo, Restrictive Covenant Crimes, and Expanded Religious Discrimination Theories
The broad applicability of Texas’s comprehensive artificial intelligence legislation and upcoming effective date will require developers and deployers of AI systems to act quickly in ensuring compliance....more
Now that we have passed the halfway mark in 2025, we are taking a look back at significant developments that have already occurred this year in the consumer data privacy landscape. Five more states’ comprehensive privacy laws...more
On April 8, the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ’s”) final rule on Preventing Access to US Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern or Covered Persons (the “Rule”) formally took effect. ...more
On January 27, 2025, the new Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) rule requiring telemarketers to obtain one-to-one consent for robocalls/texts is scheduled to go into effect. Expanding on the Telephone Consumer...more
On October 9, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments on the challenge by the National Automobile Dealers Association and the Texas Automobile Dealers Association ("Petitioners") to the...more
There is a good deal of confusion about when the CCPA actually “becomes law.” The confusion is due, in large part, to a lack of drafting clarity presumably caused by the hasty drafting of the Act....more