President-elect Trump has vowed to rescind an executive order that imposed AI safeguards, and could use tech to enable mass deportations. How far will California go in the other direction? By: Alex Shultz California Gov. Gavin Newsom is preparing to wage a legal war against President-elect Donald Trump, convening a special legislative session next month…
Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner calls for changes to new proposed public sector access and privacy legislation for Alberta
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) of Alberta has published comments and a call for changes to two new access to information and privacy bills tabled in the legislative assembly earlier this month by the Alberta government. The bills are designed to create two new pieces of legislation to replace the existing…
Illinois Federal Court Rules BIPA Single-Violation Amendment Applies Retroactively
Kathryn Cahoy and Thea McCullough of Covington and Burling write: An Illinois federal court has held that the state’s recent amendment to its Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) capping damages to one recovery for repeated identical violations applies to cases filed prior to its enactment. Gregg v. Cent. Transp. LLC, 2024 WL 4766297, at *3 (N.D….
Texas May Be Next State to Restrict Abortion Pills as “Controlled Substances”
Julianne McShane reports: Last month, Louisiana became the first state to begin classifying misoprostol and mifepristone—the two pills used in medication abortion—as schedule IV controlled substances. The move, driven by anti-abortion Republicans and unsupported by evidence, left the state’s doctors bracing for the worst—the pills also are used to manage miscarriages and treat postpartum hemorrhages, and the new law requires…