New California Employment Laws for 2027: What Employers Need to Know
On September 30, 2026, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a group of measures that change how California employers use artificial intelligence, handle immigration-related issues, structure repayment...
View ArticleThe Quantum Clock is Ticking: While Everyone Watches AI, Q-Day Approaches
Cybersecurity Awareness Month is an opportunity for businesses to look beyond today's most visible threats and prepare for risks that are already taking shape, including the emerging cybersecurity...
View ArticleShadow AI: What Risks Are Hiding in the Shadows?
As we mark Techtober, and Halloween approaches, it isn’t just ghosts lurking in the shadows. Employees are increasingly turning to unauthorised AI tools at work, known as ‘shadow AI’, and the data...
View ArticleCalifornia Invalidates Private Lawsuits for “Pen Register” Website Claims
On September 30, 2026, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 690 into law, eliminating the private right of action for portions of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”). Starting January...
View ArticleCompetition Matters: VC Scrutiny, Interlocking Directorates, Algorithmic...
In this edition: In-Depth: A closer look at DOJ’s increasing scrutiny of venture capital firms and their portfolio companies for potential Clayton Act Section 8 violations, particularly where VC...
View ArticleAI Reporter - October 2026
OpenAI informed lawmakers that it is developing automated shutdown capabilities and strengthening monitoring after a safety test in which an autonomous AI agent gained access to the internet and hacked...
View ArticlePeptides at a Crossroads: What Wellness Providers Need to Know About HHS and...
A news report in early October 2026 indicated that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is preparing a temporary measure that would let certain compounding pharmacies dispense some...
View ArticleMost Privacy Programs Plan for Vendors, Deals, and Incidents. Few Plan for...
Privacy and security programs are built around three situations: the vendor that touches company data, the transaction that transfers it, and the incident that exposes it. A fourth is now arriving in...
View ArticleWhat Companies Should Know About NYC’s $131.5 Million Delivery Worker Settlement
New York City’s recently announced $131.5 million settlement with a major delivery platform is significant for both its size and what it reveals about the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection’s...
View ArticleA Missed Production Deadline and No Legal Hold: What Would You Do First?
It’s 4:47 p.m. on a Friday. Your biggest client has fired its other law firm after a missed court-ordered production deadline and wants you to take over. You inherit 40 custodians, Slack threads,...
View ArticleScilex Pharms. Inc. v. Aveva Drug Delivery Systems, Inc.
The patents-in-suit are directed to non-aqueous lidocaine patch compositions and methods of using those compositions. Representative claim 1 of the ’174 patent claims a non-aqueous patch containing...
View ArticleSEC Proposes New Crypto Asset Custody Rules and Overhaul of Adviser,...
On October 1, 2026, the SEC published a release (the “Release”) containing proposals that, if adopted, would (i) permit investment advisers and regulated funds (as defined below), subject to certain...
View ArticleThe Five Pillars of AI Governance
A company can approve an AI assistant for employees without deciding whether the same technology belongs in a product offered to customers. A policy limited to employee use can set rules for uploads...
View ArticleCHANCES SUNK: TCPA Plaintiff Deemed Inadequate to Represent Class After...
A TCPA plaintiff was recently deemed inadequate to represent a class after throwing the critical piece of evidence in the case– his cell phone– into the Mississippi River and you can’t make this stuff...
View ArticleVertical Aerospace Files Counterclaims Against Archer Aviation in Ongoing...
Archer Aviation v. Vertical Aerospace highlights the significance of intellectual property in the eVTOL space. The outcome of the litigation could inform the scope of patent protection for...
View ArticleCourts Must Address Pre-Suit Invalidity Red Flags When Denying Sanctions and...
EPIC TECH, LLC V. PEN-TECH ASSOCIATES, INC. - Before Moore, Cunningham, and Subramanian (District Judge for U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation). Appeal...
View ArticleTracking Pixels On Automated Website Held Not To Violate Washington Privacy Act
Earlier this week, the Washington Supreme Court unanimously affirmed dismissal of a putative class action alleging that Seattle Children’s Hospital violated the Washington Privacy Act (WPA), RCW...
View ArticleThe Plaintiff’s Case in an Olympus Scope Infection Claim
A patient goes in for a routine scope procedure and goes home the same day. A week later they are in the hospital with an infection the usual antibiotics do not touch. The scope had been cleaned...
View ArticleConlan Tire Co. v. Gonzales: When a Litigant’s ChatGPT History Becomes...
A federal court in Michigan read a former sales rep’s ChatGPT questions about whether Yahoo could recover his deleted emails under a subpoena, found that he intended to deprive his former employer of...
View ArticleMissouri AG Files Suit Against Temu Over Alleged Data Privacy and Consumer...
Missouri AG Catherine Hanaway filed a lawsuit against Temu, alleging aggressive and misleading business practices, violating Missouri residents’ privacy, hurting Missouri brands, and possible...
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