- Client Advisory
Washington Supreme Court Narrows State Wiretap Claims Against Automated Website Tracking
On October 8, 2026, the Washington Supreme Court issued an important decision in Baker v. Seattle Children’s Hospital, addressing whether website tracking technology can violate...
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California Closes a Key CCPA Deletion Loophole with New Privacy Rights Legislation
On September 27, 2026, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Expanding Privacy Rights Act (SB 923), legislation designed to strengthen consumers’ deletion rights under the California...
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California Narrows Private CIPA Litigation for Website Tracking Technologies
On September 30, 2026, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 690, a significant amendment to the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) that limits private litigation...
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California Enacts New Consumer Protection and Customer-Service Requirements
On September 28, 2026, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of legislation aimed at simplifying everyday interactions between Californians and businesses. While the measures are...
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Federal Government Signals Continued Push for AI Adoption and Industry-Led Governance
On September 29, 2026, President Trump signed the Executive Order “Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence,” a sweeping directive intended to accelerate the development and...
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Connecticut’s Sweeping Consumer Privacy and Data Broker Law, Effective October 1, 2026
In May 2026, Connecticut signed into law Public Act No. 26-64, An Act Concerning Consumer Privacy and Protection. On October 1, 2026, significant portions of...
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Maryland Announces Statewide AI Framework: Privacy and Compliance Priorities for Businesses
On September 22, 2026, Governor Wes Moore announced a statewide artificial intelligence framework (the “Framework”) focused on protecting Maryland residents, supporting workers, and keeping children...
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The Federal AI Preemption Push: President Trump signs the Executive Order titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence”
On December 11, 2025, President Trump signed the Executive Order titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence.” This Executive Order (EO, Order) preempts...
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VisionAI+ Consulting Group Debuts to Deliver Measurable, Accountable AI Governance and Risk Management—Not Empty Promises
VisionAI+ Consulting Group (www.visionAIconsult.com) has launched to close the gap between AI policy and operations. In a market saturated with theory and spreadsheets, VisionAI+ equips...
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Trump Administration Unveils Sweeping AI Action Plan to Accelerate U.S. AI Leadership
On July 23, 2025, President Donald J. Trump unveiled a sweeping new national policy framework, America’s AI Action Plan, through a coordinated release of three...
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Senate Overwhelmingly Rejects AI Regulation Moratorium
In a dramatic overnight vote during the Senate’s budget reconciliation, Senators voted 99-1 to remove a controversial 10-year federal moratorium on state artificial intelligence regulation...
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Federal Court Finds Anthropic’s AI Training Partly Protected by Fair Use — But Warns of Infringement from Unlawful Book Storage
In a significant development for AI developers, on May 24, U.S. District Judge William Alsup has ruled in Bartz v. Anthropic PBC that training AI...
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Texas Enacts AI Law: New Restrictions and Disclosure Obligations for Telecom and Technology Companies
On June 22, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (“TRAIGA”), a cross-sectoral statute regulating artificial intelligence...
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California Releases Comprehensive Report for AI Governance
On June 17, California released a comprehensive policy framework to help state policymakers as they consider new laws and frameworks governing artificial intelligence (AI). Commissioned...
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Meet Our VisionAI+ Team at NVTC’s 2025 Impact AI Summit!
We’re proud to sponsor the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC)’s 2025 Impact AI Summit on May 15, where leaders across industries will gather to accelerate...
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NIST Proposes Revisions to Privacy Framework for Seamless Use with Cybersecurity Guidelines and To Address AI Risks, Seeks Public Comment
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a draft update to its Privacy Framework (PFW), NIST Privacy Framework 1.1 Initial Public Draft,...
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DOJ Final Rule on Transfers of Bulk U.S. Sensitive Personal Data to Countries and Persons of Concern Is Now Effective: Major Implications for Companies that Provide Third Parties Access to Personal Data
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) final rule implementing Executive Order 14117 (Final Rule) went into effect on April 8, 2025. The Final Rule establishes...
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Join E. Brian Alexander at ITEXPO 2025 for an AI & UCaaS Panel
We’re excited to announce that our Of Counsel, E. Brian Alexander, will be speaking at ITEXPO 2025 as part of the panel discussion “Implementing Gen...
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Request for Information on Artificial Intelligence Action Plan
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) National Coordination Office (NCO) have issued a...
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U.S. Copyright Office Releases Reports Addressing Digital Replicas and Copyrightability of AI-Generated Content—Part 3 Covering AI Model Training Remains to Be Published
The U.S. Copyright Office (Copyright Office) has released Part 1 and Part 2 of its 3-Part Report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (Report), analyzing the...
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Trump Revokes Biden’s AI Executive Order and Introduces A New Federal AI Policy Designed to Further US AI Dominance
The Trump Administration has taken decisive action to reshape the federal approach to artificial intelligence (AI) policy in the United States. On January 20, 2025,...
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California Attorney General Issues Two Advisories on AI and the State’s Consumer Protection Laws
As the federal government signals that it is stepping back from regulating artificial intelligence (AI) to encourage innovation, states like California are taking a more...
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Oregon Attorney General Issues Guidance on Artificial Intelligence, Marking a Nationwide Trend for State Law Regulation of AI
Oregon Attorney General (AG) recently issued Guidance on Artificial Intelligence (AI) (Guidance), highlighting the existing state law landscape that applies to various AI applications. Although...
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Establishing Robust AI Governance with Marashlian & Donahue’s New Partner, Susan Duarte
Marashlian & Donahue, PLLC, The CommLaw Group, is proud to be presenting at the Cloud Communications Alliance upcoming webinar: “Establishing Robust AI Governance: Fostering...
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AI Will Not Replace Your Lawyer but May Reduce Your Legal Costs: Here’s How
This article may be biased – but so is ChatGPT. With the public launch of ChatGPT and other large language models (“LLMs”), many in the...