Seyfarth Synopsis: With Governor Newsom’s October 13 deadline to sign bills behind us, we review California’s new employment laws. The most notable among them are new pay equity requirements, amendments to Cal-WARN and leave laws, and extensions of meal and rest period exemptions for certain industries. According to Chris Micheli, Governor Newsom approved 794
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Seyfarth IP Partners, Lauren Leipold and Owen Wolfe to Speak at the WIPR AI & IP Summit
Tomorrow, October 9, 2025, Lauren Leipold and Owen Wolfe, Intellectual Property Partners at Seyfarth, will be speaking at the WIPR AI & IP Summit in New York.
Lauren and Owen will take part in the session “AI vs Copyright: Tackle the New Creative Battleground,” which will examine how generative AI is disrupting traditional copyright principles and the legal frameworks around them. The
Webinar – NBA–CLS: Securing the Invisible – Protecting Trade Secrets in the Age of Oversharing
Wednesday, November 12, 202512:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. Eastern11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Central10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Mountain9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Pacific
About the Program
Hosted by Seyfarth Shaw LLP, a Platinum Sponsor of the NBA–Corporate Law Section (NBA–CLS), this CLE webinar explores the growing risks of trade secret exposure in
California Legislative Update: Legislature’s Pens Down, Governor Gets to Work
Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Legislature concluded its 2024-2025 session in the wee hours of September 13, 2025, and sent the last of its approved bills to Governor Newsom for consideration. The Governor has until October 13 to approve or veto a variety of bills impacting employers in California.
The California Legislature put pencils down on
Ninth Circuit Upholds Venezuelan TPS Protections; USCIS Terminates 2021 Designation Anyway
By: Dawn Lurie and Owen Wolfe
In a critical ruling that preserves stability for many Venezuelan nationals in the U.S., the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s order (which we wrote about here) that prevents the abrupt termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a designation offering protection from deportation and employment
California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Finally Voted to Adopt Much Debated Update to CCPA Regulations: What Your Business Should Know
On July 24, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) unanimously voted to adopt a package of Proposed Regulations for the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), marking a significant development in California privacy law. These cover Automated Decision-making Technology (“ADMT”), mandatory Cybersecurity Audits, Risk Assessments, and clarifications for the CCPA’s applicability to Insurance Companies. The
California’s AI Law Has Set Rules for Generative AI—Are You Ready
Starting January 1, 2026, California’s AI Transparency Act (SB 942) goes into effect, marking the first law in the U.S. to require built-in disclosures and detection tools for generative AI content. Do not panic (yet). This law does not apply to every system out there. In fact, many companies may be surprised to find they’re
Drafting Smarter: Force Majeure and Price Escalation Clauses in a Tariff-Heavy Era
In light of recent disputes, international construction firms are rethinking how they draft force majeure and price escalation provisions to better address tariff-induced cost increases. While traditional force majeure clauses often focus on physical impossibility or natural disasters, they should now explicitly include governmental actions such as the imposition or increase of tariffs.
Legal and Contractual Repercussions
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Copyright Office Firings Spark Constitutional Concerns Amid AI Policy Tensions
A day after announcing that “fair use” would not shield AI training models against potential copyright infringement, President Donald Trump fired Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights, and her superior, Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden. These layoffs may shape the future of copyright law in the age of AI.
Legal and Constitutional Concerns
Perlmutter’s dismissal on May
The UK’s New Amendments to the UK GDPR Become Law and Get a Nod from the EU. What happens now?
The UK’s Data (Use and Access) Act received Royal Assent last Thursday, June 19th, bringing into law some significant changes to the country’s post Brexit data protection framework, among an array of other, related rules (on matters ranging from financial conduct to smart meters and “underground assets,” which is more to do with pipes than