Brands and agencies, take note: On June 19, the New York State Fashion Workers Act (Act) – a law aimed at implementing workplace, wage, and hiring protections for individuals who provide modeling services in New York – went into effect.
Primarily, the Act is intended to protect models from potential exploitation by their management and
Power, Paychecks, and Pressure
The amateur era is over. With the NCAA’s $2.8 billion settlement now approved, student-athletes are no longer playing only for scholarships. Real money is on the table, and so are real legal consequences.
This shift isn’t just about opportunity. It’s about risk. Athletes are signing contracts that look more like
AI Governance Policy: What Your Business Needs to Know by Kristina Jonica
AI Governance Policy: What Your Business Needs to Know
Why AI Governance Is a Business Imperative
AI can boost productivity, automate decisions, and create innovative experiences. But it also introduces legal and ethical risks — from algorithmic bias to data privacy violations. An
Cybersecurity firm CSC recently issued its CISO Outlook 2025 Report, which predicts cybersecurity challenges CISOs will face in the next year. The report, from a survey of 300 CISOs and cybersecurity professionals globally, finds that CISOs “predict the cybersecurity challenges they face will intensify and the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) is increasing the
We have previously outlined several cases where lawyers have been sanctioned by courts for citing fake cases generated by artificial intelligence (AI), also known as “hallucinations.”
Now, we don’t even have to keep track of the cases to report on them because we found a nifty new database that keeps track of all of them.
On June 19, 2025, the New York State Fashion Workers Act (the “Act”) goes into effect, triggering numerous changes to the current employment structure for models in New York. The Act,[1] which Governor Hochul signed into law in December 2024, amends New York’s Labor Law to establish new responsibilities and penalties for agencies in
Jessica Bell – Lawyer, Kalus Kenny Intelex, Melbourne Australia
David Cinque – Special Counsel, Kalus Kenny Intelex
The Australian Trade Marks Office has permitted the registration of the trade mark UBER TUTORS after finding that transport and delivery giant, Uber Technologies Inc (Uber Tech) failed to oppose the mark’s registration under the Trade Marks Act
A bipartisian bill, the Leadership in Critical and Emerging Technologies Act (“Leadership in CET Act”), was recently introduced to Congress that proposes a USPTO initiative to accelerate review of patent applications in “stratically important” technological sectors. The proposed bill identifies artificial intelligence, semiconductor design, and quantum computing as eligible categories, emphasizing their role in maintaining
