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Job Applicant Seeks to Expand AI Workplace Screener Lawsuit into a National Class Action: Should Employers and AI Developers Be Worried?
A frustrated job applicant who won court approval to advance his employment discrimination lawsuit against an AI-based vendor is now looking to ratchet up the pressure and expand his claim into a national class action. His initial argument: Workday’s AI screening tools unfairly led him to be rejected from hundreds of jobs because of his…
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Meet CFTC Nominee Brian Quintenz
On February 12, President Donald Trump nominated Brian Quintenz to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. This article profiles Quintenz as a nominee, surveys Pham’s initiatives as acting chair, and considers potential next steps for the CFTC pending Quintenz’s confirmation….By: Fenwick & West LLP
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Trump 2.0 Tech Policy Rundown: Breakneck Pace Continues
The Trump Administration has not slowed down in its rollout of wide-sweeping technology policy changes with potentially significant impacts to be felt throughout the country and around the globe……By: Goodwin
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Federal Court Sides with Plaintiff in the First Major AI Copyright Decision of 2025
AI copyright jurisprudence is set to have a big year in 2025. On February 11, 2025, a Delaware federal court issued the first major decision concerning the use of copyrighted material to train AI. The case is Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GMBH v. ROSS Intelligence Inc., No. 1:20-cv-613-SB (D. Del.)….By: Jackson Walker
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AI Model Training is Unfair – In Limited Circumstances
A Delaware federal district court made headlines this week by issuing the first court decision rejecting fair use as a defense in training artificial intelligence (AI) models with copyrighted content. In Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GMBH v. Ross Intel. Inc., Judge Bibas held, among other things, that two of the four factors analyzed in determining…
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Georgia’s Tort Reform Bill Could Dampen “Nuclear” Verdicts, but There’s Still a Long Way to Go
Our Industrials & Manufacturing and Products Liability Groups discuss a bill introduced in Georgia that aims to rein in “nuclear” verdicts that juries award in tort cases in Georgia’s courts….By: Alston & Bird
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Xactus Data Breach Letter Confirms 2024 Incident Compromised Individuals’ Social Security Numbers
On February 14, 2025, Xactus LLC filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after discovering that an unauthorized party was able to access a company email account. In this notice, Xactus explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’ sensitive information, which includes their…
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Innovative Renal Care Sends Data Breach Letters Following Early 2024 Incident
On February 14, 2025, American Renal Management LLC d/b/a Innovative Renal Care (“IRC”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after discovering that an unauthorized actor accessed and copied information from its computer network. In this notice, Innovative Renal Care explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being…
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California’s Included Health Provides Notice of Data Breach to an Unknown Number of Individuals
On February 13, 2025, Included Health, Inc. filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after discovering that an unauthorized party was able to access confidential information that had been provided to the company. In this notice, Included Health explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to…
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Quebec Publishes Draft Regulation on the Repairability of Certain Consumer Goods
On January 22, 2025, the Government of Quebec published a draft Regulation to amend Quebec’s existing Regulation respecting the application of the Consumer Protection Act. According to comments from the Government of Quebec accompanying the draft Regulation, the amendment would help improve information transparency regarding the repairability of certain consumer goods….By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon…
