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Liability Considerations for Developers and Users of Agentic AI Systems

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What Are Agentic AI Systems? Agentic AI systems are artificial intelligence technologies that: ..Operate autonomously, ..Adapt to changing environments, and ..Execute multi-step tasks based on user input or...more

Wiley Rein LLP

New Texas Law Imposes Significant New Requirements on App Developers and App Stores

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed the App Store Accountability Act (“the Act”) into law, instituting sweeping new obligations regarding age verification and parental consent for app stores and app developers operating in...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Texas and Louisiana Join Growing Trend of State Age Verification Laws for App Stores

On May 27, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law the App Store Accountability Act (the “Act”). Similar to the law of the same name passed by Utah in March, the Act requires app stores to take more responsibility...more

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The Building Blocks for Artificial Intelligence Governance

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With the increased use of AI in all aspects of different businesses and industries, it is important to establish a framework for developing a program to meet the business and consumer’s needs while complying with various...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Apps and Minors: New Compliance Frontiers and Risks in Louisiana, Utah, and Texas

During the 2025 legislative session, Louisiana, Utah, and Texas all enacted statutes imposing new regulatory obligations on app store providers and software developers with respect to minors and, in the case of Utah, include...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Texas Enacts App Store Accountability Act: Overview and Initial Considerations

On May 27, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 2420, also known as the App Store Accountability Act. The law will take effect on January 1, 2026, and requires businesses operating app stores to verify...more

Fenwick & West LLP

NY Tech Week 2025: The Future of Femtech

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Femtech stands at an exciting inflection point. What was initially perceived as a niche category focused on period-tracking apps has evolved into a comprehensive ecosystem addressing women's health needs with individualized...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Texas Signs Responsible AI Governance Act Into Law

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After undergoing substantial changes in the Texas legislature, a scaled-down TRAIGA will go into effect in 2026. On June 22, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the Texas Responsible AI Governance Act (TRAIGA or the...more

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Building the Cyber Fortress: New Cybersecurity Executive Order Targets Quantum, AI, and Supply Chain Security

On June 6, 2025, President Trump issued a new executive order, “Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity and Amending Executive Order 13694 and Executive Order 14144” (EO), signaling the construction...more

WaterStreet Company

2025 Wildfire Trends for P&C Insurance

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The 2025 wildfire season has reached above-average activity across the United States with over 26,500 wildfires within the first 5 months of the year. For P&C insurance experts, the scope and implications of these wildfires...more

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California’s AB 2013: Generative AI Developers Must Show Their Data

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California Assembly Bill 2013 (AB 2013), known as the Generative Artificial Intelligence: Training Data Transparency Act, was signed into law on September 28, 2024, and is set to take effect on January 1, 2026. ...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Dancing with Abstract Ideas: Patent Eligibility in 2025

In June 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l, establishing a now-infamous two-step, judicially-imposed test for patent subject-matter eligibility that narrowed the broad statutory eligibility...more

Perkins Coie

European Commission Finds Apple’s Steering Practices Breach the DMA

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The European Commission has determined that Apple infringed Article 5(4) of the DMA by imposing prohibitions and/or restrictions on the ability of app developers to promote offers on, direct (or “steer”) users to, and...more

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I Paid for That Software to Be Developed, So Why Don’t I Own It?

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You may believe that your company has an unfettered right to do what it wants with a computer program created by its workers—but that may not be the case. Consider the two similar scenarios below: Suppose that your...more

Alston & Bird

UK Publishes Software Security Code

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Cyber security supply chain risks are growing, and attacks on vendors and other third parties cause severe disruption to businesses. For example, in recent years we have seen many incidents that have involved threat actors...more

Stoel Rives LLP

Utah’s App Store Accountability Act Goes into Effect

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With the passage of Senate Bill 142, the App Store Accountability Act (the “Act”), Utah became the first state to pass legislation requiring app store providers to verify users’ ages and block minors from downloading apps or...more

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UK Court Rules on Reverse Engineering of Mainframe Software

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IBM UK ("IBM") successfully enforced the terms of a mainframe license against the defendants who had created a competing software product....more

K&L Gates LLP

Could This be the Ai-nswer? A Collective Copyright Licence for Generative AI Training

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The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA), a United Kingdom (UK) not-for-profit, has announced that it is developing a Generative AI (GenAI) Training Licence, and is hoping to publish the licence in the third quarter of 2025....more

McDermott Will & Emery

PointClickCare Denied En Banc Hearing to Overturn PI

On April 23, 2025, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied PointClickCare Technologies, Inc.’s petition for en banc review in Real Time Medical Systems, LLC v. PointClickCare. A Fourth Circuit panel previously...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

AI and Copyright: What a Recent Court Ruling Means for AI Creators and Intellectual Property Rights

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In a significant decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently ruled that the Copyright Act of 1976 requires human authorship to register a work, affirming the district court’s denial of a...more

Goodwin

Crossing Administrations: The Focus on Federal Cybersecurity Continues

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Federal contractors, including defense contractors, should prepare for the emergence of new requirements in the coming months that are designed to strengthen software supply chain security, impose more stringent cybersecurity...more

Williams Mullen

Virginia’s High-Risk AI Developer and Deployer Act Awaits Governor’s Signature

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On February 20, 2025, the Virginia General Assembly passed HB 2094 the Virginia High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Developer and Deployer Act (the “Act”). The bill now awaits signature by Governor Youngkin. If it becomes law,...more

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Texas Files First Privacy Law Enforcement Action

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On January 13, 2025, Texas Attorney General’s Office filed its first lawsuit enforcing the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”). The law went into effect on July 1, 2024. The complaint also states claims under Texas’...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Texas Considers Comprehensive AI Bill

Texas is joining a growing number of states in considering comprehensive laws regulating use of AI. In particular, the Texas Legislature is scheduled to consider the draft “Texas Responsible AI Governance Act” (the “Act”),...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Interoperable or Infringing: Ninth Circuit Requires “Something More” for Rightsholders to Claim Derivative Works

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In a closely watched appeal, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently vacated a permanent injunction from the District of Nevada against software provider Rimini. Oracle Int’l Corp. v. Rimini St.,...more

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