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Katherine Lemire
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Laura Ferguson
On November 1, significant revisions to the regulations enforced by the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) — the state’s financial services regulator — went into effect. The DFS revisions create a long-arm provision in that the changes affect not only New York State companies, but also their affiliates, and therefore the revisions could have an impact far beyond New York State borders.
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Maria Dinzeo
Global privacy control lets computer users set privacy preferences in their browsers, automatically sharing those choices whenever users go to a site. It’s supposed to give individuals more control over their personal data, allowing them to opt in or out of cookie usage, data sharing, data selling and targeted advertising.But they only work if companies honor them. And in most instances, they don’t.
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Amanda Bronstad
Social media took another hit Nov. 15 after a federal judge allowed most of the public nuisance claims brought by school districts in the addiction cases to move forward.
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Rhys Dipshan
The 2024 LTN Law Firm Tech Survey spoke with 30 technologists at top U.S. law firms to get a sense of what technology issues they faced over the past year, how their technology posture, policies and investments are changing, and their thoughts on technology’s impact on the future of the legal industry.
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Christian Geyer
As cyber threats (and their price tags) evolve, so must the strategies companies use to navigate breach recovery. The future of breach recovery lies in smarter, faster solutions — particularly AI-driven approaches that streamline data mining and ensure breach notification compliance without compromising security or inflating costs.
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Emily Bullis
While the Copyright Office has previously cited the "bedrock requirement of copyright" that that a work must have a human author to be eligible for copyright protection to reject registrations, recent decisions have focused on the role of human authorship in the context of AI.
Features
James Sherer, Brittany Yantis
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Luke Record
This article considers how an organization might consider handling information generally, through the lens of a specifically troubling subset of information: ephemeral messages.
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Cheryl Miller
California's Supreme Court will consider the reach of two data privacy laws cited in a recent appellate case that found an education vendor potentially liable for a breach of student information.
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George Vlatso
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Joshua Tucker
GenAI's ability to produce highly sophisticated and convincing content at a fraction of the previous cost has raised fears that it could amplify misinformation. The dissemination of fake audio, images and text could reshape how voters perceive candidates and parties. Businesses, too, face challenges in managing their reputations and navigating this new terrain of manipulated content.
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Benjamin M. Ebbink
While much of the existing legal landscape on AI centers on broad, overarching principles, Congress has been considering bills that hone in on more specific issues like the workplace.
