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Don’t Mind If I Do: Montana Says Hands Off Neural Data

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In May 2025, Montana enacted Senate Bill 163 (SB 163), amending that state’s Genetic Information Privacy Act (MGIPA) to include protections for neurotechnology data—namely, data collected from the activity of the central or...more

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U.S. House of Representatives passes proposal to prohibit enforcement of state AI laws for 10 years

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On May 22, 2025 the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass a 10-year moratorium on the enforcement of state laws governing artificial intelligence (AI). If enacted, the AI moratorium would limit states’ ability to...more

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Big Sky, Bigger Privacy: Montana Broadens Its Consumer Data Privacy Act

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On May 8, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed into law Senate Bill 297 (SB 297), a bill that significantly revises the existing Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act (MCDPA). Although the MCDPA took effect on October 1, 2024,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Understanding the Utah AI Act and Newly Effective Amendments: What Your Business Needs to Know

On May 7, 2025, the Utah Artificial Intelligence Policy Act (UAIP) amendments will go into effect. These amendments provide significant updates to Utah’s 2024 artificial intelligence (AI) laws. In particular, the amendments...more

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Virginia Amends Data Privacy Law To Impose New Restrictions on Social Media Platforms

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On May 2, 2025, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed Senate Bill 854 (SB854) into law, which imposes new restrictions and compliance obligations on social media platforms. Specifically, SB854 amends the Virginia Consumer...more

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Proposed State Privacy Law Update: April 14, 2025

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Keypoint: Last week, Montana’s legislature inched closer to significantly revising its consumer data privacy law, Oregon’s consumer data privacy amendment bills advanced, and there were numerous developments with Arkansas’...more

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New York Businesses Must Now Disclose Data Breaches of “Medical Information” Under New Law

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On February 14, 2025, New York’s Governor Hochul signed into law A.B. 920, which amended the state’s Information Security Breach and Notification Act to add personal health information to the types of data that constitute...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Artificial Intelligence Infiltrating Healthcare in Illinois and its Effects on Insurers

On November 25, 2024, the Illinois State Legislature introduced House Bill 5918 IL HB5918, the Artificial Intelligence Systems Use in Health Insurance Act (“AI Act”). It provides the Illinois Department of Insurance (the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Coming to a State Near You: 5 State Privacy Laws Take Effect in January 2025

Are you ready for the next set of US state privacy laws going into effect? Delaware, Iowa, Nebraska, and New Hampshire are effective January 1, and New Jersey’s law go into effect two weeks later (January 15)....more

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2024 Privacy Legislative Roundup

2024 was a banner year for state privacy legislation. This year saw seven new states pass comprehensive consumer privacy laws, joining the ranks of 12 other states that have previously passed similar laws. While other state...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Privacy and Data Security Impact of California’s Recent AI Bills

The dust is beginning to settle from the raft of AI-related bills Governor Newsom signed last month in California. (See for example, our post about neural data.) Most of the provisions will not go into effect for another few...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

October 1st Reminder – Big Sky Privacy Law Goes into Effect

2024 seems like it is flying by. For those keeping track of US state “comprehensive” privacy laws you know that October 1 – a week away – brings the effective date of the Montana privacy law. The “big sky” state will join...more

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Utah AI Consumer Transparency Law

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Daren Orzechowski, Alex Touma, and Jack Weinert examine the history and key requirements of Utah’s AI Consumer Transparency law. On March 13, 2024, the Governor of Utah, Spencer Cox signed the Utah Artificial Intelligence...more

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New York Law Seeks to Regulate Addictive Social Media Feeds

New York’s governor recently signed the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act. Although signed, the law will not be effective until after the New York Attorney General creates implementing regulations. The law...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

The Quilt Is Filling Up: Patchwork State Privacy Laws Continue to Pass Without Federal Action

In an era defined by rapid digital transformation and heightened concerns over personal data security, the landscape of consumer data privacy laws in the United States has evolved significantly. As of this writing, a...more

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Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act

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On May 24, 2024, Minnesota’s governor signed the 18th comprehensive state privacy law since California enacted the first comprehensive data privacy legislation in 2018. The Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (“MCDPA”) will...more

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The Land of 10,000 Lakes Adds New Consumer Privacy Law: Minnesota Joins Privacy Fray

Minnesota’s governor has now signed into law that state’s comprehensive privacy law. For those keeping count – that is number 19 of state “comprehensive” privacy laws, with six in 2024 alone. The Minnesota law will go into...more

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Minnesota Enacts Comprehensive Consumer Data Privacy Law

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On May 24, 2024, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed into law the nation's 19th comprehensive data privacy law, the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (the "Minnesota Act"), which will take effect on July 31, 2025. This law...more

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The Privacy Patchwork: Beyond US State “Comprehensive” Laws

We’ve cautioned before about the danger of thinking only about US state “comprehensive” laws when looking to legal privacy and data security obligations in the United States. We’ve also mentioned that the US has a patchwork...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Mid-Year Recap: Think Beyond US State Laws!

Much of the focus on US privacy has been US state laws, and the potential of a federal privacy law. This focus can lead one to forget, however, that US privacy and data security law follows a patchwork approach both at a...more

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Mixing Things Up Like a Certain Ice Cream Maker: Vermont Passes Consumer Data Privacy Law

Just past midnight on May 11, 2024, the Vermont Legislature passed H.121, the Vermont Data Privacy Act (VDPA). If signed into law, the VDPA would become the most onerous state comprehensive privacy law in the country. Among...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

BIPA Reform Watch – Illinois Legislature Eliminates “Per-Scan” Damages

For the first time since 2008, BIPA reform is in the air. On May 16, 2024, the Illinois House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved Senate Bill 2979, which paves the way for final passage to Governor J.B. Pritzker’s...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

The Gopher State Goes for It: Minnesota Passes Consumer Data Privacy Law

On May 19, 2024, the Minnesota Legislature passed a comprehensive privacy bill, sending the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (MCDPA) to Governor Tim Walz’s desk for signature into law. The law, which would take effect...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Maryland, the Old Line State, Creates New Lines with Consumer Privacy Law

Maryland’s new comprehensive data privacy law, the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act, was recently signed into law by Governor Moore. This brings the total number of state “comprehensive” privacy laws to 18, five of which have...more

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Delaware Data Protection Act: What Businesses Need to Know

In September 2023, Delaware became the seventh state in 2023 to enact comprehensive privacy law with the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA), joining Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas. The DPDPA will...more

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