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As we enter the end of the summer, the AI regulatory steam is not slowing down. Colorado is now the first US state to have a comprehensive AI law (going into effect February 1, 2026), and the EU published its sweeping AI law...more
As we enter into the heart of the summer there is no time to relax in privacy-land with the next batch of “comprehensive” privacy laws coming into effect on July 1. Namely, those in Texas and Oregon (and Florida if you count...more
On May 22, 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives (the “House”) passed the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (“FIT21” or the “Bill”) with bipartisan support by a vote of 279-136. FIT21 provides for...more
On May 17, 2024, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law SB 24-205—concerning consumer protections in interactions with artificial intelligence systems—after the Senate passed the bill on May 3, and the House of...more
On January 16, 2024, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Senate Bill No. 332, “An Act concerning online services, consumers, and personal data” (“SB 332”). New Jersey is the fourteenth state to pass a...more
Over three and a half years since the death of George Floyd spurred some members of the venture capital community to enact promises to increase their investments in diverse entrepreneurs, California has enacted legislation in...more
On October 30, 2023, the Biden administration released a far-reaching executive order (EO) on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The EO issues directives related to the use...more
Welcome to this week's issue of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and its government affairs affiliate, ML Strategies. The accelerating advances in artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the practical,...more
On October 30, 2023, President Biden signed the Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (the “Federal AI Executive Order”), a long-awaited executive order that builds upon the Biden...more
On October 30, President Biden signed a sprawling executive order governing the development, testing, and use of artificial intelligence (AI). Formally titled, "Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy...more
On October 10, Governor Newsom signed the Delete Act ( SB 362) into law, which amends California's current data broker law to impose extensive additional disclosure and registration requirements on data brokers, and to...more
On 19 September 2023, the UK Parliament passed the Online Safety Bill (“OSB”). The OSB aims to protect individuals from illegal online content and focuses on the protection of children by requiring the removal of content that...more
This second part of a two-part series on U.S. regulation of artificial intelligence systems highlights state legislation and litigation to watch concerning AI systems, and provides practical takeaways as we look toward the...more
Hot on the trail of the latest state privacy laws to come into effect, Florida has jumped on board to keep the momentum going. On June 6, 2023, Florida Senate Bill 262 (“SB 262,”) was signed into law, meaning a new set of...more
Iowa becomes the fourth U.S. state to provide an affirmative defense for companies that adopt a cybersecurity framework - Iowa is the fourth state—following Ohio, Connecticut, and Utah—to provide a statutory incentive for...more
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as “forever chemicals,” have been in use since the 1940s and have been added to a wide variety of products to make them resistant to heat, water, oil, and corrosion. PFAS...more
On June 30, 2023, Governor DeSantis signed landmark legislation significantly impacting Florida’s alimony law. The new law will be effective July 1, 2023, and applies to all initial petitions for dissolution of marriage that...more
Editor’s Note: Montana became the latest state to pass a comprehensive privacy bill, joining California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Tennessee. Florida, too, passed a privacy bill, but with a much narrower...more
In May 2021, Colonial Pipeline, a privately held oil pipeline responsible for nearly half of the oil supply for the U.S. East Coast, was crippled by a DarkSide ransomware attack. DarkSide is widely believed to be a...more
California’s SB 54, or the Plastic Producer Responsibility Act, represents a substantial expansion of the increasingly popular form of legislation focused on extended producer responsibility (EPR) for plastic recycling. While...more
On March 15, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (the "Act"), creating new requirements for organizations operating in critical infrastructure sectors to...more
Cyberattacks on organizations with large consumer databases have been on the rise recently. This is certainly true for the insurance industry, which also has been migrating more business to online platforms in an effort to...more
Colorado’s Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act last week, making Colorado the third state to implement broad consumer data privacy protections. The Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), which Governor Polis signed on...more
Connecticut has become the third state to enact a cybersecurity safe harbor statute. On June 16 and July 6, 2021, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed two new cybersecurity laws that continue the national trend of...more
On July 1, 2021 Connecticut became the nineteenth state to legalize the possession and use of cannabis for recreational purposes. Upon conversion of the existing licenses held by medical marijuana growers within the next few...more