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New California digital property licensing law announced
Do you (or your friends, family or clientele) know what you’re buying when you buy a digital asset like a book, movie or song?
Probably not.
If you think that you’re buying an ownership interest in that digital property, look again at the fine print.
Much of the time, you’re actually purchasing a revoc ... (full story)
FTC busts more online AI scammers
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced a successful enforcement program called Operation AI Comply against multiple companies that the Commission alleges have “relied on artificial intelligence as a way to supercharge deceptive or unfair conduct that harms consumers.”
Caught (!) are several recognizable com ... (full story)
Private social media posts may bind employers: 9th Circuit
Hostile workplace environments may not only be confined to physical space, according to a decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
California’s 9th Circuit, which is a leading U.S. court on social media decisions, recently held that private social media messages on a platform for employees might generate a hostile wor ... (full story)
DOJ compliance guidelines updated to include emerging tech
The US Department of Justice has recently updated its corporate legal (criminal/fraud) compliance guidelines to include various emerging technologies, including AI.
Any lawyer who represents a corporation should probably take a look.
The document is a revised Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (the “Updated E ... (full story)
Federal regulators use old laws for new AI tech
AI fakes are dominating the internet and warping the political, social and economic conversation while governments seem unable to stop them.
While the states, and particularly California, are looking at passing new legislation to try to curtail the negative sides of AI, the federal agencies that have to police AI are announcing ... (full story)