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AI and Privacy: Mitigating Legal Risk and Liability Image

AI and Privacy: Mitigating Legal Risk and Liability

Matthew G. White

The continued, rapid advancement of artificial intelligence technologies comes with increasing risks for businesses, demanding that they navigate such issues more carefully than ever. Considering recent privacy class action trends detailed in this article, companies that utilize AI in their business operations should immediately review and modify their compliance programs as necessary to mitigate legal risk and liability exposure.

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A Business Guide to the U.S. AI-Privacy Crossroads Image

A Business Guide to the U.S. AI-Privacy Crossroads

Risa Boerner & Jillian Seifrit & David Walton

As AI becomes more embedded in everyday life and business operations, companies are facing a growing regulatory maze at the intersection of state privacy laws and emerging AI standards. This article explores the privacy laws that impact the use of AI and automated decision making and offers a practical guide for business leaders that aligns AI innovation with privacy expectations.

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Legal Pros Discuss How to Handle Personally Identifiable Information In Bankruptcy Cases Image

Legal Pros Discuss How to Handle Personally Identifiable Information In Bankruptcy Cases

Ella Sherman

Large amounts of data including personally identifiable information can be compromised in the event that debtors file for bankruptcy, and sell the information to pay back creditors.

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Five State Privacy Laws Went Into Effect In 2025: Here’s What You Need to Know Image

Five State Privacy Laws Went Into Effect In 2025: Here’s What You Need to Know

Coraleine Kitt

Five new state privacy laws took effect in January 2025 — Delaware (DPDPA), Iowa (ICDPA), Nebraska (NDPA), New Hampshire (NHPA), and New Jersey (NJDPA) — adding to the compliance maze for businesses operating across state lines. This latest wave of legislation creates a patchwork of requirements that include critical variations in three key areas: applicability thresholds, covered data categories and enforcement protocols.

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DOJ Regulation to Protect Americans’ Personal Data Takes Effect Image

DOJ Regulation to Protect Americans’ Personal Data Takes Effect

Matthew Baker & Nick Palmieri & Justin Bryant

In a show of continuity between administrations, the Biden-era Executive Order 14117 — designed to restrict foreign access to Americans’ most sensitive personal data — has been allowed to take effect in the second Trump administration.The Department of Justice’s implementing regulation for this Order, finalized in late December 2024, became enforceable in April 2025.

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A Primer on the New Jersey Data Privacy Act Image

A Primer on the New Jersey Data Privacy Act

John Soumilas

The New Jersey Data Privacy Act (NJDPA), went into effect this past Jan. 15. The NJDPA represents New Jersey’s entry into the burgeoning field of data privacy laws, as it joins 18 other states that have passed such laws.

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Back to the Future: How Data Privacy Laws Can Teach Us What to Expect With AI Regulation Image

Back to the Future: How Data Privacy Laws Can Teach Us What to Expect With AI Regulation

Ryan Steidl

While the amount of AI legislation introduced in various states is relatively limited, the scope of issues being legislated is quite broad. Despite the many uncertainties that remain to be clarified, there are actually many parallels between how data privacy laws took shape five years ago, and how AI legislation is developing today.

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Seventh, Ninth Court Rulings Tighten Reach of Federal Video Privacy Protection Act Image

Seventh, Ninth Court Rulings Tighten Reach of Federal Video Privacy Protection Act

Stan Soocher

The VPPA may be nearly four-decades old and video-rental stores largely a thing of the past, but the rise of online content, streaming services and ancillary activities has brought with it frequent litigation based on the VPPA. The key challenge in these litigations is how to interpret the VPPA’s 1980s terms in light of today’s digital advances.

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Seventh, Ninth Court Rulings Expand and Tighten Reach of Federal Video Privacy Protection Act Image

Seventh, Ninth Court Rulings Expand and Tighten Reach of Federal Video Privacy Protection Act

Stan Soocher

The VPPA may be nearly four-decades old and video-rental stores largely a thing of the past, but the rise of online content, streaming services and ancillary activities has brought with it frequent litigation based on the VPPA. The key challenge in these litigations is how to interpret the VPPA’s 1980s terms in light of today’s digital advances.

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While Federal Legislation Flounders, State Privacy Laws for Children and Teens Gain Momentum Image

While Federal Legislation Flounders, State Privacy Laws for Children and Teens Gain Momentum

Kandi Parsons & Jon Frankel & Rushil Mehta

For decades, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act has been the only law to expressly address privacy for minors’ information other than student data. In the absence of more robust federal requirements, states are stepping in to regulate not only the processing of all minors’ data, but also online platforms used by teens and children.

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