Governor Gavin Newsom of California signed over 20 AI-related bills into law in the final days of September. Several of these bills address topics such as frontier model and generative AI oversight, AI transparency, and new requirements for use of AI in particular industries, described below. In addition to these
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California Legislature Advances AI Employment Bills
By Lindsey Tonsager, Carolyn Rashby & Bryan Ramirez on
Posted in State Privacy
At the end of August, the California legislature passed three bills that would regulate the use of AI in the employment context. These bills are now on Governor Newsom’s desk, and he has until September 30 to sign or veto. Below is a summary of the three bills.
Continue Reading California Legislature Advances AI Employment BillsADMT Law Round-Up: What Employers Need to Know About Recent ADMT Laws
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Employers increasingly rely on automated tools to help make decisions concerning hiring, promotion, discipline, and termination. In response, state legislatures and agencies have begun to regulate uses of these technologies, often referred to as automated decision-making technology (“ADMT”). These laws generally require entities that deploy ADMT in the employment context…
Continue Reading ADMT Law Round-Up: What Employers Need to Know About Recent ADMT LawsNew Jersey Enacts Ban on Surveillance Pricing
By Lindsey Tonsager, Laura Kim, Jayne Ponder, Natalie Maas & Rosie Moss on
Posted in State Privacy
On July 23, 2026, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill signed A4085 (the Fair Price Protection Act) into law, which prohibits companies from charging consumers different prices for groceries based on their personal data. New Jersey will join New York, Connecticut, and Maryland in imposing prohibitions and requirements on the use…
Continue Reading New Jersey Enacts Ban on Surveillance PricingWhite House Launches “Gold Eagle” AI Cybersecurity Clearinghouse
On July 14, 2026, the Trump Administration announced the launch of a federal clearinghouse, “Gold Eagle,” that is designed to facilitate the sharing of AI-derived cybersecurity vulnerability information between government agencies, “American critical infrastructure companies,” and “open-source software partners.”
The creation of Gold Eagle is the latest in a…
Continue Reading White House Launches “Gold Eagle” AI Cybersecurity ClearinghouseFTC Seeks Comment on Proposed Policy Statement Addressing AI Accuracy and Output Steering
By Laura Kim & Carter McCants on
Posted in Consumer Protection
On July 1, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a proposed policy statement addressing what it describes as the “suppression of accuracy” in artificial intelligence (“AI”) systems and is seeking public comment through July 31, 2026. The proposal was issued pursuant to Executive Order 14365, Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence, which directed the FTC to explain how Section 5 of the FTC Act applies when AI developers alter model outputs in response to state law requirements.[1]
Continue Reading FTC Seeks Comment on Proposed Policy Statement Addressing AI Accuracy and Output SteeringWhite House Releases Executive Order on Advanced AI Innovation and Security
On June 2, 2026, the White House issued an executive order titled “Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security” (the “Order”). The Order reflects the Administration’s stated policy of advancing U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence (“AI”) while addressing national security risks associated with increasingly capable AI systems. To…
Continue Reading White House Releases Executive Order on Advanced AI Innovation and SecurityCISA Releases Guidance on the Careful Adoption of Agentic AI Services
By Micaela McMurrough, Caleb Skeath & Bryan Ramirez on
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cybersecurity
Earlier this month, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in collaboration with the National Security Agency and other international partners, released guidance for organizations on adopting agentic artificial intelligence systems (i.e., systems composed of one or more agents that fundamentally rely on an AI model, such as an LLM…
Continue Reading CISA Releases Guidance on the Careful Adoption of Agentic AI ServicesSpain’s Supervisory Authority Issues New Guidance on AI‑Based Voice Transcription
On April 20, 2026, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has published new guidance on how to comply with the GDPR when using AI‑powered voice transcription tools. The guidance builds on earlier AEPD guidance on this topic from January 2026. This blog post sets out the key takeaways of both guidance documents, which are only available in Spanish.
The AEPD’s guidance confirms a risk‑based approach to AI‑powered voice transcription. Organizations using these tools should not treat transcription as a purely technical feature, but as a processing activity that requires continuous governance, clear transparency, and proactive safeguards. Given the widespread and growing use of transcription tools across business functions, this guidance is likely to be relevant well beyond Spain.
Continue Reading Spain’s Supervisory Authority Issues New Guidance on AI‑Based Voice TranscriptionAI and Legal Privilege: Key Takeaways from US v. Heppner
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On February 10, 2026, federal district court Judge Jed S. Rakoff ruled from the bench in the Southern District of New York that the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine did not protect legal strategy materials that a criminal defendant generated using a generative AI tool, when he used…
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