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2 months ago | mondaq.com | Liisa M. Thomas |Kirstin Smith |Kathryn Smith

Virginia's Governor, Glenn Youngkin, vetoed a bill this weekthat would have regulated "high-risk" artificialintelligence systems. HB 2094, which narrowly passed the state legislature, aimed toimplement regulatory measures akin to those established by lastyear's Colorado AI Act. At the same time, Colorado's AI ImpactTask Force issued concerns about the Colorado law, which may thus undergomodifications before its February 2026 effective date.

Jan 12, 2025 | mondaq.com | Liisa M. Thomas |Kirstin Smith

The Colorado AG's office adopted draft amendments to the Colorado Privacy Actrules last month. The adopted draft reflectedinput from the public to AG's September 2024 version andaddresses three key issues. First, on opinion letters andinterpretive guidance from the AG. Second, changes resulting fromthe passage of a bill related to biometric (HB24-1130) data. And third, a bill related to children's (SB 24-041) privacy.

Oct 22, 2024 | mondaq.com | Liisa M. Thomas |Kirstin Smith |James O'Reilly

SM Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton More Sheppard Mullin is a full service Global 100 firm with over 1,000 attorneys in 16 offices located in the United States, Europe and Asia. Since 1927, companies have turned to Sheppard Mullin to handle corporate and technology matters, high stakes litigation and complex financial transactions. In the US, the firm’s clients include more than half of the Fortune 100.

Aug 14, 2024 | mondaq.com | Liisa M. Thomas |Kirstin Smith

SM Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton More Sheppard Mullin is a full service Global 100 firm with over 1,000 attorneys in 16 offices located in the United States, Europe and Asia. Since 1927, companies have turned to Sheppard Mullin to handle corporate and technology matters, high stakes litigation and complex financial transactions. In the US, the firm’s clients include more than half of the Fortune 100.

Aug 13, 2024 | mondaq.com | David M. Poell |Kirstin Smith

Listen to this post If you heard a collective sigh of relief last week, it was probably businesses reacting as Illinois Governor Pritzker finally signed Senate Bill 2979, officially reforming BIPA for the first time since 2008. As a reminder, SB 2979 was passed back in May, but has been awaiting the Governor's signature. This development is significant for two reasons. First, the new law prohibits the recovery of "per-scan" damages.