As Data Privacy Day 2026 approaches, organizations face an inflection point in privacy, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity compliance. The pace of technological adoption, in particular AI tools, continues to outstrip legal, governance, and risk frameworks. At the same time, regulators, plaintiffs, and businesses are increasingly focused on how data is collected, used, monitored, and safeguarded.
WEBINAR EVENT: Navigating Key Labor and Employment Shifts in 2026
Set your workplace on a path to success in the coming year with our Labor & Employment attorneys as your guides. You’ll learn how to maneuver through a challenging and ever-changing legal landscape and prepare for what’s coming down the road.
Join us for this webinar on January 28, 2026 from 9 am – 2
Trump’s AI Executive Order: State AI Laws Under Attack
December 11, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order, “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence” (“EO”), designed to “remove barriers to United States AI leadership” so that “AI companies [are] free to innovate without cumbersome regulation.” The EO expressly states that it is aimed at preempting “excessive state regulation.” So what does this
Randal Shaheen, Sarah La Voi, Shareef Farag, Julie Singer Brady Take Part in Sessions at Consumer Brands CPG Legal Forum
Partners Randal Shaheen, Sarah La Voi, Shareef Farag and Julie Singer Brady will take part in panel and roundtable discussions during the Consumer Brands CPG Legal Forum, which takes place Feb. 18-20, 2026, in Frisco, Texas.
La Voi will join a panel titled “The AI Inflection Point: Artificial Intelligence and the Evolving Role of the
The Data Stream – Episode 6 with Daniel Kaufman
The Data Stream podcast dives deep into the fast-moving currents of data, technology, and the law. Presented by BakerHostetler’s Digital Assets and Data Management (DADM) Practice Group and hosted by Partners David Sherman and Nichole Sterling, this series explores how companies navigate the complex life cycle of data—from privacy and cybersecurity to advertising, AI and
Washington State’s 2026 Tech Legislative Agenda: What In-House Counsel Should Watch
The opening weeks of Washington’s 2026 legislative session have yielded a flurry of technology-focused bills spanning privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, online safety and data governance. While not all of these proposals are likely to advance this year, taken together they reflect a clear policy trajectory: Washington lawmakers are increasingly comfortable regulating digital platforms, algorithmic decision-making
Dry January isn’t a moral virtue or wellness trend. It’s an economic gut punch.
Every January, like clockwork, Dry January comes roaring back.
If you want to take a month off drinking, good for you. Truly. Your body, your goals, your choice. No judgment, and it shouldn’t be anyone else’s business either.
But we also need to stop pretending Dry January is harmless.
For a whole lot of craft
Navigating the Emerging Federal-State AI Showdown: DOJ Establishes AI Litigation Task Force
Key Takeaways:
- In December 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that among other directives, instructed the attorney general to establish an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Litigation Task Force charged with challenging state AI laws deemed inconsistent with the administration’s goal of advancing a “minimally burdensome national policy framework for AI.”
- On Jan. 9, Attorney
Planning for Your Next DOL Investigation Just Got Easier
Spoiler alert. We are about to reveal the secret to learning what the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (“EBSA”) will be focused on the next time it investigates your employee benefit plans? Ready? Just ask.
Last week, EBSA announced an overhaul of its national enforcement projects for fiscal year 2026—the most significant EBSA has made
Employer New Year’s Resolution #3—Address Artificial Intelligence
Another week, another resolution. This time, we’re addressing the AI elephant in the room. While the use cases for AI are myriad, the legal landscape is somewhat unknown and rapidly developing. But, for better or worse, employees are using AI. So, from trade secret risks to proposed legal oversight, employers need to address AI now.