California Employment News: Minimum Wage Increases for 2025
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 285: Reflections from a California Bar Exam Grader – Part 2 (w/Jennifer Barry)
(Podcast) The Briefing: New California Laws for Digital Replicas Both Live and Dead
California Employment News: A Refresher on Voting Leave Laws for CA Employers
(Podcast) California Employment News: A Refresher on Voting Leave Laws for CA Employers
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 284: Reflections from a California Bar Grader – Part 1 (w/Jennifer Barry)
Podcast - What’s Next After Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Veto in California?
(Podcast) California Employment News – Key Rules for California Employers: Business Expense Reimbursement
California Employment News – Key Rules for California Employers: Business Expense Reimbursement
Bar Exam Toolbox Episode Update 1: The "California Bar Exam Experiment"
(Podcast) California Employment News: Understanding ADA/FEHA Requirements and the Interactive Process
California Employment News: Understanding ADA/FEHA Requirements and the Interactive Process
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 277: California Is Outsourcing the Bar Exam to Kaplan?!?
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 464: Listen and Learn -- Partnership Formation
Extending the Flexibility of Energy Storage With Julia Souder, LDESC — Battery + Storage Podcast
California Employment News: Understanding the Basics of Employee Personnel Files (Featured Podcast)
California Employment News: Understanding the Basics of Employee Personnel Files (Featured)
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: California Consumer Finance Law - Hot Topics and Recent Developments
California Employment News: Brief Overview of Leave Laws All California Employers Should Be Aware Of (Podcast)
California Employment News: Considerations for Employment Termination
The ink is barely dry on the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation’s (“DFPI” or the “Department”) newly approved regulation package PRO 01-21, and DFPI has already begun to take steps to implement...more
On October 14, 2024, California's Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (“CalRecycle”) released its proposed final regulations for California’s extended producer responsibility (“EPR”) packaging and plastic food...more
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently passed several AI-related bills, which address the application of AI across several industries and clarify key definitions regarding AI. Below, we provide an overview addressing some...more
While we wait for long-anticipated federal regulations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) addressing the issue of workplace violence in health care, activity continues at the state level....more
On October 17, 2024, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) held a workshop discussing proposed draft emergency regulations that would broadly affect all “handlers” of hazardous waste in the state with...more
As the holiday season begins, California is committing to a greener future by introducing the nation's first extended producer responsibility (EPR) program for apparel and textiles. California’s Responsible Textile...more
In its decision in Upland Community First v. City of Upland, the Fourth District Court of Appeal upheld a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) for the development of a warehouse and parcel delivery service building against a...more
On September 20, Governor Newsom signed AB 2424, which establishes a significant set of new foreclosure notification and sale requirements for mortgage lenders. The law is effective as of January 1, 2025....more
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 1174 into law on September 29, 2024. SB 1174 prohibits local governments from requiring voters to present identification when casting their ballots at the polls....more
In the last 30 days, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed 17 artificial intelligence (AI) bills and vetoed AI safety bill SB 1047. One of the AI-related bills signed into law, AB 2013 “Generative Artificial Intelligence:...more
On September 29, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 347, adding comprehensive registration, certification, and enforcement provisions to California’s existing and forthcoming restrictions on the use of...more
The State of California, under the leadership of Governor Gavin Newsom, has taken the lead of its sister states in mobilizing resources to investigate the risks of the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools...more
On September 28, 2024, California enacted SB 1120, which regulates the use of artificial intelligence (AI), an algorithm, or “other software tool” in utilization review and utilization management (UR/UM) functions by...more
On September 22, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the Responsible Textile Recovery Act (the Act), also known as SB 707, requiring manufacturers and distributors to participate in an extended producer...more
On September 28, 2024, Governor Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill No. 3129 (AB 3129), which would have required private equity groups and hedge funds to obtain the Attorney General’s written consent at least 90 days prior to...more
We invite you to attend a complimentary virtual event hosted by Procopio’s Construction & Infrastructure Law attorneys, along with guest industry experts, on Wednesday, October 16, 2024. This engaging half-day program will...more
Join industry experts Allison Spagnolo, Asha Muldro, and Matt Corwin as they dive into the rapidly evolving landscape of AI governance, privacy concerns, and the legal frameworks that are shaping corporate compliance. As AI...more
On September 28, California Governor Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 3129 (Bill), which would have created significant oversight of private investment in and management of certain healthcare transactions and arrangements in...more
California has enacted three new bills in an effort to curb the spread of misinformation and deceptive election content. The bills — AB 2655, AB 2839 and AB 2355 — aim to strengthen protections against digitally altered...more
Last week, over the course of a single day, California Governor Gavin Newsom made headlines by signing into law five new bills tackling complex issues involving digital replicas and deepfakes. Two of the bills are aimed at...more
In the absence of federal legislation addressing the development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, individual states continue to fill that void by enacting state-specific legislation....more
Governor Gavin Newsom has made waves by signing five new bills aimed at tackling the challenges posed by deepfakes in California, with two bills covering digital replicas of performers and three focused on elections and...more
California's SB 1047, also known as the “Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act,” has passed the state’s Assembly and Senate and now awaits its fate on Governor Gavin Newsom's desk. By...more
On August 23, 2024, the US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, which is the largest judicial district in the United States, announced a new Voluntary Self-Disclosure and Whistleblower Pilot Program. The...more
Helen Christakos and Sonya Aggarwal of our U.S. privacy and data security practice and Eva Wang of our technology transactions practice look at California’s new AI bill that aims to balance AI development with ensuring public...more