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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

New York Court Tackles the Legality of AI Voice Cloning

- What is new: A recent decision from the Southern District of New York, in Lehrman & Sage v. Lovo, Inc., addresses the intersection of AI voice cloning technology and intellectual property rights, focusing on contract law,...more

Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP

Asset Protection 101 for New York Restaurant Owners with Real Estate Interests

Owning and operating a restaurant in New York comes with significant financial and legal responsibilities—especially when real estate is part of your investment portfolio. As a restaurant owner, you face unique risks that can...more

Littler

New York’s Digital Replica Law and its Impact on Artificial Intelligence and the Entertainment Industry

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New York Senate Bill 7676B regulates contracts for the creation and use of digital replicas. This law took effect on January 1, 2025. The law defines “digital replica” as “a digital simulation of the voice or likeness of an...more

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Noncompete News: Will New York City's Noncompete Ban Beat the FTC Final Rule to the Punch?

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As we recently reported, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its long-awaited final rule on April 23, 2024, banning virtually all noncompetition agreements between employers and workers. Lawsuits challenging the final...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Talk About Competition! New York City Considers Three Different Noncompete Bans

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Q: Is New York City considering a total ban on noncompete agreements? A: Yes — a total ban on noncompete agreements would be the result of one of the three noncompete bills currently pending in the New York City Council,...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

New York Redefines the Permissible Scope of Invention Assignment Provisions

Invention assignment provisions are fundamental in employment agreements. On one hand, they are the mechanism by which an employer takes ownership of important types of intellectual property employees create that relates to...more

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3 Key Takeaways | New York State Bar Association IP Section Annual Meeting

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During the New York State Bar Association IP Section Annual Meeting on January 17, 2024, Kilpatrick’s Tony Glosson spearheaded the “Cybersecurity/Data Privacy” panel with fellow speaker Sharfy Salek of LexisNexis® Risk...more

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What NY State Employers Need to Know about 2024 Employment Law

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It can be a challenge to stay on top of the ever-changing employment laws in New York State. Let us help. Attorneys in Goldberg Segalla’s Employment and Labor practice group synopsized 12 recent changes that impact the...more

Goldberg Segalla

New York State Employment Law Update (Part 3)

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Key Takeaways - New York codifies employee intellectual property rights New York prohibits liquidated damages provisions in certain non-disclosure agreements New York prohibits employers from requesting access to...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

The Secret Is Out: Updates to New York’s Non-Disclosure Law

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New York is closing out 2023 by ushering in sweeping amendments to its law governing non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in certain settlement agreements. The amendments represent the next step in New York’s ongoing effort to...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

New York Non-Compete Ban is Off the Table—For Now

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Efforts to prohibit non-compete agreements in New York State are back to square one following Governor Hochul’s veto of an outright ban in late December 2023....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

New York Legislature Considers Revised Non-Compete Ban

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The New York State Assembly has joined the State Senate in passing legislation to prohibit non-compete clauses in employment contracts. The bill now heads to the Governor and, if signed into law, would void...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

2023 New York Employment Law Roundup

Although 2023 perhaps did not see the passage of any laws quite as impactful as 2022—which, as employers will recall, included New York State enacting its own pay transparency law (see here) and novel New York City Council...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

Cannabis Brands Beware – Branding/White Labeling in New York Requires Application Submittal by December 18, 2023

While licensing agreements between brands and license holders are typical in mature cannabis jurisdictions, what is uncommon is the requirement that said brands become licensed solely for the purposes of entering into...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

New York Labor Law: Certain Employee Inventions Belong to Employees

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New York’s recent addition of Section 203-f to Labor Law declares unenforceable any provisions in existing and future employment agreements requiring an employee to assign to the employer those inventions developed entirely...more

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New York Employers: Important Legislative Updates from Albany

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For New York employers, fall has brought with it more than just cooler temperatures, thanks to a wave of activity from Governor Kathy Hochul’s desk (after a busy legislative summer). Below, we highlight six significant...more

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Hands Off My Inventions! New York Imposes New Restrictions on Employment Agreements

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On September 15th 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law an amendment to the New York Labor Law. The amendment adds a new Section 203-f to the Labor Law, which addresses the assignment of inventions made by employees....more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

New York Widens its Employee Intellectual Property Protections

New York has banned employers from requiring employees to assign inventions or other intellectual property that they develop using their own property and time.  The bill is effective immediately and applies to both future...more

Epstein Becker & Green

New York Restricts Assignment of Employee Intellectual Property

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On September 15, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed SB 5640 into law, adding New York to the growing list of states that restrict the enforcement of employee intellectual property assignment agreements....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New York Narrows the Breadth of Enforceable Employee Invention Assignment Agreements

The state of New York has enacted legislation clarifying the scope of an employer's ownership of intellectual property created by its employees (A. 5295). Effective immediately, Governor Hochul has signed a law invalidating...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

New York Enacts Law Limiting Employee Assignment of Inventions

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On September 15, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law a new section of the New York Labor Law limiting the assignment of inventions by employees to their employers. Specifically, Section 203-f of the Labor Law...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Proposed Broad Non-Compete Ban Looms for New York Employment Sector

On June 20, 2023, the New York Senate sent bill S.3100A/A.1278B to the desk of Governor Kathy Hochul to prohibit non-competition agreements broadly throughout New York State.  This bill, if signed into law, will take effect...more

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New York Lawmakers Propose Banning Noncompete Agreements

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Executive Summary: This month both the New York State (NYS) Senate and the NYS Assembly passed identical bills that effectively ban all noncompete agreements in the state of New York. If signed by Governor Kathy Hochul, the...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

New York Inches Closer to Banning Non-Compete Agreements

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The New York State Legislature passed a bill on June 20, 2023, that seeks to prohibit employers from entering into non-compete agreements with their employees (the “Bill”). If signed by Governor Hochul, the Bill will be a sea...more

A&O Shearman

New York State Poised to Ban Non-Competes

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On June 20, 2023, the New York State Assembly passed A1278B, which amends the state’s labor law to prohibit non-compete agreements (the “Bill”). The Assembly’s passage of the Bill, which comes on the heels of the New York...more

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