California Governor Gavin Newsom has issued Executive Order N-6-26, a “first-in-the-nation” order aimed at preparing workers, businesses, and communities for potential workforce disruption associated with artificial intelligence. While the order does not create immediate new compliance obligations for employers, it is an important development for California businesses because it previews where state policy, regulation,
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AI Hallucinations in Court Filings Continue: Florida Supreme Court Responds with a New Certification Requirement
Artificial intelligence has quickly become part of the modern lawyer’s toolkit. Attorneys are using generative AI platforms to assist with legal research, drafting, editing, and document review. While these technologies can improve efficiency, a growing number of court filings across the country demonstrate a significant risk: AI-generated hallucinations, including fabricated case citations, nonexistent authorities, and…
Is a CCPA Risk Assessment Required When Using Productivity Management and Monitoring Platforms?
Key Takeaways
- Outlines key considerations for businesses using productivity management and monitoring platforms – such as, Teramind, ActivTrak, and Insightful – and whether their use may require a CCPA risk assessment.
- Identifies the specific CCPA risk assessment triggers most relevant to such productivity technologies.
Productivity management and monitoring platforms have become a fixture of the…
Is a CCPA Risk Assessment Required When Recording Customer Calls?
Key Takeaways
- Analyzes whether recording customer service and sales calls triggers the CCPA’s new risk assessment requirements.
- Identifies the specific CCPA triggers most relevant to call recording, particularly when AI analytics are applied to recordings.
- Notes related obligations under state wiretapping laws and other state privacy frameworks.
Recording customer calls is among the most common…
The Right Time for Bias and Validation Testing for AI is Now
Employers are increasingly using artificial intelligence and other algorithmic tools to support workplace decisions, including recruiting, screening, interviewing, promotion, workforce planning, and performance management. These tools can improve efficiency and consistency, but they also introduce important compliance, reputational, and employee-relations considerations. Two concepts that often arise in AI governance are bias audits and validation testing.…
Jackson Lewis P.C. to Host GovCon Symposium in Reston, Virginia
Government contractors continue to navigate a shifting labor and employment landscape, with new and ongoing developments affecting compliance obligations, workplace policies, and enforcement priorities.
To help contractors address these challenges, Jackson Lewis P.C. will host its Government Contractor Employment Law Symposium on June 4, 2026, in Reston, Virginia. We welcome you to join our dynamic…
Key Vendor Management Lessons Educational Institutions Can Learn from Recent EdTech Vendor Data Breach
Takeaways
Educational Institutions use Software as a Service platforms to facilitate operations, but doing so carries significant risk that needs to be carefully managed. Strong vendor oversight, tight contracts, and incident response planning are critical to protecting personal data down the chain.
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Is a CCPA Risk Assessment Required When Using AI-Powered Hiring and Screening Tools?
Key Takeaways
- Examines how AI-driven hiring and applicant screening tools interact with the CCPA’s new risk assessment requirements.
- Identifies the CCPA risk assessment triggers most likely to apply—including automated decision-making and systematic observation of applicants.
Artificial intelligence has made significant inroads into the hiring process. Employers increasingly rely on AI-driven tools to screen resumes, analyze…
Drafting a GDPR -compliant Data Processing Agreement
Service providers often receive or access a customer’s personal information when performing contracted services. In the employment context, service providers may include payroll processors, Human Resource Information System (HRIS) or Applicant Tracking System (ATS) platforms, outsourced IT support, data storage, AI tool providers, or security services.
Under the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulations…
The Government Mandated “Kill Switch” Coming to a Vehicle Near You
Every so often a law that was passed years ago quietly becomes a present-day compliance reality. Section 24220 of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is one of those laws. Tucked into an eleven-hundred-page infrastructure bill with little public debate, the “kill switch law” as it has come to be known by some, awaits…