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New Public Register Proposed for Advocates of Foreign State-Owned and Controlled Enterprises

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As part of a new bill intended to combat foreign interference in Canadian affairs, the Canadian government has proposed that any person advocating for certain types of foreign actors with respect to activities intended to...more

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AI-Generated Deepfakes and the Emerging Legal Landscape

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As artificial intelligence (AI) technology becomes ubiquitous, news stories regarding the use (and abuse) of deepfakes—that is, AI-generated media used to impersonate real individuals—are increasingly common. For example,...more

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States with Pending Legislation to Ban Employee Noncompetes: Maine Poised to be Next State to Enact a Ban

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As we continue to report, noncompete agreements are an area of ever-increasing scrutiny and limitation. Last year we wrote about states with civil and criminal penalties for violations of noncompete law, which is just one...more

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Top 6 Workplace Law Proposals Raised During Governor Hochul’s 2022 New York State of State Address

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Although New York Governor Hochul’s first State of the State address focused on efforts to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, she still managed to provide insight on a few key areas of labor and employment law that will...more

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Amendment to Florida Law May Create “Mini-TCPA” and Impose Heightened Restrictions on Businesses

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Litigants spent years fighting over the definition of an Automatic Telephone Dialing System (“ATDS”) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). That fight culminated in this year’s big ATDS defense win in the...more

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Latest Congressional Efforts to Enact Privacy Legislation

• On October 17, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced legislation to establish baseline privacy and cybersecurity protections and issue fines to companies and criminal penalties to senior executives. • The New Democrat...more

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Texas Law Could Signal More State, Federal Deepfake Bans

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On Sept. 1, Texas became the first state in the nation to prohibit the creation or distribution of deepfake videos intended to harm candidates for public office or influence elections. Amid rising fears of the dangers of...more

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New York Employers Can Expect Significant Legislative and Regulatory Activity in 2019

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It has never been easy for businesses to keep up with and ensure compliance with New York State’s and New York City’s employment laws, but calendar year 2018 presented a unique amount of new challenges for employers. ...more

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A Review of New York’s Proposed Sexual Violence Legislation: Part 2 – Minimum “Sentencing” Requirement

In this installment of our continuing analysis of the Governor’s “Enough is Enough” proposed sexual violence legislation, we turn to the minimum penalties for offenders that the bill would require....more

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