The Australian Productivity Commission must have known that their interim report on harnessing data and digital technologies (the Report) would get attention. Before publication, the Australian Privacy Commissioner let on that she was “watching with interest to see if privacy is positioned as a barrier to, or an enabler of, a more trustworthy and productive
The first half of 2025 is off and running with U.S. state and local jurisdiction employment law developments concerning topics such as paid sick leave, family leave, restrictive covenants, anti‑discrimination and AI, pay stub requirements, gender identity protections, and meal and rest breaks, to name a few. As always, minimum wages continue to increase in
Recently, Squire Patton Boggs Tokyo and Shanghai Partner Scott Warren was cited in an article in Lexology Pro, written by Victoria Hudgins, comparing the US and China AI action plans. Both plans set more aspirational goals, while establishing a framework for AI security. Read the article (subscription required).
In addition, Scott will be speaking at the
On June 30, 2025, the California Civil Rights Council (CRC) secured final approval for regulations addressing employment discrimination resulting from the use of artificial intelligence and other algorithms it collectively refers to as Automated-Decision Systems. Shortly after that, on July 24, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency Board approved its own long-anticipated regulations on cybersecurity
On August 4, the Deputy Commissioner of Patents issued a memorandum to Examiners on evaluation of claims in software-implemented inventions for subject matter eligibility under Section 101. While the memorandum does not fundamentally change the USPTO’s guidance published in the MPEP, the memorandum does provide useful clues as to how the USPTO and the Examining
Mike Tyson once said “[e]veryone has a plan until they get punched in the face.” This quote describes the confidence that organizations may have in their existing trade secret plans, until they encounter some of the evolving complexities of trade secret protection in this era of the combination of remote work and artificial intelligence (AI).
The EU AI Act is entering into force in stages. While most of its provisions will not apply until August 2026, key requirements for general-purpose AI (GPAI) models took effect much earlier, starting on August 2, 2025.
In anticipation of this earlier milestone, the Code of Practice for General-Purpose AI Models was published on the
The UK’s data protection regime is undergoing its most significant transformation since the adoption of the UK GDPR. With the successful passage through both the House of Lords and the House of Commons on 11 June 2025, the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (“DUAA”) received Royal Assent on 19 June 2025. Positioned as introducing
The UK’s data protection regime is undergoing its most significant transformation since the adoption of the UK GDPR. With the successful passage through both the House of Lords and the House of Commons on 11 June 2025, the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (“DUAA”) received Royal Assent on 19 June 2025. Positioned as introducing
Many organizations have been working diligently to comply with the 13 state consumer privacy laws (CPLs) in effect in the first half of 2025 (14 if you count Florida). Some have chosen to comply on a state-by-state basis and others have followed the high-watermark approach of applying the strictest standard from among the CPLs to