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Employer Cheat Sheet for Workplace Laws Taking Effect July 1

Fisher Phillips on 6/24/2025

Most employers are prepared for new laws at the start of each year – but did you know that a heap of new workplace laws take effect at the halfway point? Here’s your employer cheat sheet to prepare for July 1 effective dates…...more

Litigation Grows Around Website Technologies, With Focus on Sensitive Data

Wiley Rein LLP on 7/10/2024

Data privacy-related lawsuits have skyrocketed in recent years. Federal courts saw over 900 data privacy dockets in 2020 – but witnessed a surge to 1,767 dockets in 2023. At the halfway point in 2024, federal court data...more

New Jersey Legislature Passes Consumer Data Privacy Bill

Husch Blackwell LLP on 1/9/2024

Keypoint: New Jersey is the thirteenth state to pass consumer data privacy legislation with a bill that is generally based on the Washington Privacy Act model but with some notable differences. On January 8, 2024, the New...more

FTC Announces Enforcement Actions Against Amazon’s Alexa and Ring Divisions for Violations of User Privacy

WilmerHale on 6/7/2023

On May 31, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) announced two separate enforcement actions against Amazon—one involving its cloud-based voice service, Alexa, and the other involving Ring, its smart doorbell...more

Proposed State Privacy Law Update: June 5, 2023

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/5/2023

Below is the twenty-first weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2023. Before we get to our update, we wanted to provide two reminders....more

Proposed State Privacy Law Update: May 30, 2023

Husch Blackwell LLP on 5/31/2023

Keypoint: Last week the Texas legislature passed consumer data privacy, children’s social media, and data broker bills while the Nevada Assembly passed an amended version of its health data privacy bill. ...more

Proposed State Privacy Law Update: March 13, 2023

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/13/2023

Keypoint: Last week chambers in Hawaii, Iowa, and Oklahoma passed consumer privacy bills. Below is the ninth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2023. Before we get to our update, we wanted...more

Proposed State Privacy Law Update: February 13, 2023

Husch Blackwell LLP on 2/13/2023

Keypoint: Last week Indiana and Utah lawmakers passed bills through a chamber, Maryland lawmakers filed three sets of bills, lawmakers continued to file children’s privacy and social media regulation bills, and there were...more

Data Privacy: Evolving Updates to the Global Landscape

Morgan Lewis on 9/15/2022

World events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, have accelerated the need for business operations to grow more digitally reliant and driven. As the global network grows and becomes more interconnected, privacy and...more

Proposed State Privacy Law Update: May 9, 2022

Husch Blackwell LLP on 5/9/2022

Keypoint: This week the Delaware House passed a data broker bill, the Connecticut Data Privacy Act was sent to the Governor, Louisiana scheduled a hearing on its bill, and the Hawaii legislature closed without passing a bill....more

Proposed State Privacy Law Update: May 2, 2022

Husch Blackwell LLP on 5/2/2022

Keypoint: This week the Connecticut legislature passed a consumer data privacy bill. Below is our sixteenth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2022. Before we get to our update, we wanted...more

Proposed State Privacy Law Update: April 4, 2022

Husch Blackwell LLP on 4/4/2022

Keypoint: This week there were hearings on bills in Maryland, Rhode Island and Vermont, and the Oklahoma bill was assigned to the same committee where a similar bill died last year....more

Proposed State Privacy Law Update: March 21, 2022

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/21/2022

Keypoint: This week the Iowa House passed a bill, but it appears to have stalled in the Senate; Connecticut’s bill passed out of committee; Maryland advanced a work group bill out of the Senate and a biometric privacy bill...more

Kennedys cybersecurity and privacy (US) 2021 year in review

Kennedys on 3/7/2022

As the world emerged from lockdown, it should come as no surprise that cybersecurity and data privacy remained dominant topics in the media and legal industry. Some of 2021 was much like 2020 – ransomware attacks continued to...more

AI Insurance Company Faces Class Action for Use of Biometric Data

Carlton Fields on 2/1/2022

After a tweeting mishap, Lemonade Inc., an AI-based insurance company, faces a class action for allegedly violating New York laws against the use of biometric data without consent by using facial recognition technology to...more

Proposed State Privacy Law Update: Jan. 31, 2022

Husch Blackwell LLP on 1/31/2022

Keypoint: This week lawmakers introduced new bills in Georgia, Hawaii and Oklahoma, the Indiana Senate passed a bill out of committee, and hearings were held on bills in Alaska, Maryland, and Washington. Below is our third...more

California Consumer Privacy Act, California Privacy Rights Act FAQs for Covered Businesses

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/20/2022

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), considered one of the most expansive U.S. privacy laws to date, went into effect on January 1, 2020. The CCPA placed significant limitations on the collection and sale of a...more

Proposed State Privacy Law Update: Jan. 18, 2022

Husch Blackwell LLP on 1/18/2022

Keypoint: 2022 is off to a fast start with proposed state privacy laws filed in Alaska, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Vermont, joining the long list of bills already filed. Welcome back! This is...more

Draft EU Regulation For Artificial Intelligence Proposes Fines Of Up To 6% Of Total Annual Turnover

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/22/2021

After the presentation of a general “European Approach to Artificial Intelligence” by the EU Commission in March 2021, a detailed draft regulation aimed at safeguarding fundamental EU rights and user safety was published...more

[Virtual Briefing] Bias in Artificial Intelligence: Legal Risks and Solutions - March 23rd, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET

Epstein Becker & Green on 2/12/2021

You've likely seen the headlines. Online recruiting tools that unfairly screen out women and minorities. Facial recognition tools used in law enforcement that misidentify specific demographic groups. Algorithms that place...more

To Tell The Cyber-Truth: DHS OIG Report Reveals Details On Government Contractor Suspension After Cyberattack And Data Breach

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 10/7/2020

In June 2019, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) suspended a government contractor, Perceptics, LLC, after it suffered a highly publicized cyberattack that resulted in a breach of sensitive data collected from...more

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