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
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 On November 26, 2025, the USPTO rescinded that guidance and replaced it with new guidance.By way of background, the February 2024 Guidance analyzed the naming of inventors for AI-assisted inventions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…
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…
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…
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…
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State Privacy and AI Law Updates – A Live Legal Briefing You Won’t Want to Miss
Date: September 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT
Format: Live Video
Duration: 1 Hour
Description: With limited federal regulation on consumer protection, data privacy, and AI, states are stepping in, creating a patchwork of laws that vary widely in scope and enforcement. While California and Colorado set high standards, other states like Maryland, Minnesota, and…