The 2025 legislative cycle marked a pivotal year in US privacy law, defined not only by continued nationwide expansion into Artificial Intelligence (AI) governance, children’s and teen privacy and online safety, as well as emerging data categories, but by a major restructuring of California’s privacy enforcement infrastructure. California’s introduction of the Delete Request and
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Extra Large PII-zza: Courts Allows California Privacy Class Action to Proceed for Use of AI Phone Call Assistant
A Domino’s customer may proceed in her putative class action for violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) against ConverseNow for its provision of an AI virtual assistant that processes restaurant telephone orders. In Taylor v. ConverseNow Technologies, Inc., Case No. 25-cv-00990-SI, 2025 WL 2308483 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 11, 2025), the Court
New Inventorship Guidance on AI-Assisted Inventions: AI Can’t Be an Inventor, But AI Can Be a Tool in the Inventive Process (For Now…)
As readers may recall, in February 2024, the USPTO issued guidance on inventorship in AI-assisted inventions, which we wrote about here. On November 26, 2025, the USPTO rescinded that guidance and replaced it with new guidance.By way of background, the February 2024 Guidance analyzed the naming of inventors for AI-assisted inventions using the
Security in the Age of AI: Risks, Rewards and Responsibilities
Watch our thought-provoking panel discussion exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence, surveillance technologies, privacy and individual rights.
As AI continues to reshape the landscape of public safety, security, and data utility, this webinar brings experts together to examine both the benefits and challenges of AI-powered surveillance.
Panellists shared insights on how AI is being used
Getty Images (US) Inc (and others) v Stability AI Limited. Input: Getty Images v Stability AI. Output: Continued Uncertainty.
On 4 November 2025 the UK High Court handed down its judgment in the case of Getty Images (US) Inc (and others) v Stability AI Limited [2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch) [High Court Judgment Template].The case concerned the training, development and deployment of Stability AI’s “Stable Diffusion” generative AI model and, as one of
California’s October State Law Updates: What Employers Need to Know
Throughout October 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed multiple employment-related Bills into law. These new measures address a wide range of workplace-related matters, including regulations aimed at the use of artificial intelligence, updates on paid leave, and amendments to mediation procedures. While some of these Bills will be subject to legal challenges that delay or
ACC Europe and Squire Patton Boggs: Geopolitics and AI – Where Are We Heading?
AI is becoming a pivotal factor in shaping global power dynamics, with governments keen to leverage its use for economic growth, technological leadership and national security advantage. With the race for AI dominance intensifying, particularly between the US and China, and the exponential speed of technological change impacting markets, shaping politics and affecting global security,
Your Year-end U.S. Privacy “To Do” List – don’t wait until the holiday crush to become 2026-ready
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires that privacy notices be updated annually, and that the detailed disclosures it proscribes be in those notices reflect the 12-month period prior to the effective (posting) date. Interestingly, failure to make annual updates was one of several alleged CCPA violations that resulted in a recent $1.35 Million administrative
Italian Law no. 132/2025 – The First Domestic Law in the European Union on the Use of Artificial Intelligence
On 17 September 2025, the Italian Parliament approved the first national law on artificial intelligence (AI), thereby making Italy the first country in the European Union to adopt a domestic legislation governing the use of AI.
On 25 September, the relevant law – Law No. 132/2025 (the AI Law) – was published in the Official
EU Seeks Feedback on Proposed Digital Package To Simplify and Modernise Regulations
Measures included in the digital package aim to cut red tape through “digital by default” services and applying the “once-only” principle, which will mandate public sector bodies across the EU to reuse citizen and business data instead of requiring it to be provided separately to different agencies.
On 16 September 2025, the European Commission (EC) launched