Posts Tagged ‘California’
California Considers Adoption of SB1047, Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act
California is on the verge of adopting a controversial bill that would impose unprecedented new regulations on the development of AI: SB 1047: Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act. A full copy of the bill has been linked here. If adopted, the proposed bill would establish unprecedented new compliance obligations for…
Read MoreCalifornia Passes New Data Broker Law In Anticipation of January 1, 2020 Effective Date of California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)
Updated 6.21.24 Software companies in the business of brokering data are on notice: the state of California intends to keep you on a tight leash. In anticipation of the January 1, 2020 effective date of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), California took yet another bold step to protecting the personal information of Californians when…
Read MoreSoftware Industry Concerned About the Potential Impact of AB-5 on Gig Economy
The Software Industry is closely following legislation in California that, if passed, could have a huge impact on Gig workers and the software companies that rely on them. The legislation at issue is AB 5, which would codify and expand the California Supreme Court’s recent decision in Dynamex Operations v. Superior Court (2018) 4 Cal.…
Read MoreCalifornia Governor Signs Net Neutrality Law; Department of Justice Responds with Suit to Block Law
Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law S.B. 822, also known as the California Internet Consumer Protection and Net Neutrality Act of 2018. The law is intended to go into effect on January 1, 2019 and, according to CNN, will establish the “strictest net neutrality protections in the country.” However, the U.S. government has responded…
Read MoreCalifornia Supreme Court Strikes Blow to Software Industry Reliance on Gig Workers
If your software company is relying on so-called “Gig workers” to provide a service managed by your app and software platform, then you need to know about a California Supreme Court ruling just issued this week, which is likely to severely limit your ability to rely on the “Gig worker” model going forward in the…
Read MoreCalifornia to Consider Bill that Restores Net Neutrality
The California legislature is considering a bill that would restore net neutrality on a state-wide level when the FCC repeal of net neutrality takes effect next week. The California net neutrality bill, SB 822, was written by State Senator Scott D. Wiener, D-San Francisco. The text of SB 822 is attached here. According to the…
Read MoreCalifornia Notifies App-Based Ride Service Uber and Competitors that Service is Illegal
The big story on the Internet today is about the new app-based ride service Uber: California regulators have just notified Uber and its competitors, Lyft and Sidecar, that the services are illegal under California law. An article by Forbes Contributor Mark Rogowsky offers a fairly comprehensive explanation of California’s problem with these services. Apparently the…
Read MoreCalifornia Adopts Smartphone Kill Switch Law
California has just enacted a smartphone kill switch law, which will require all smartphones sold in the state of California as of July, 2015, to have kill switch features enabled as the default settings on the smartphone. SB 962 requires all smartphones: manufactured on or after July 1, 2015, and sold in California after that…
Read MoreCalifornia Governor Signs Bill Prohibiting Nondisparagement Clauses in Consumer Contracts
California has just added a new type of clause to the list of clauses that violate public policy in the state: the non-disparagement clause. Governor Jerry Brown has just signed AB 2365, which prohibits companies from including nondisparagement clauses in consumer contracts, including online terms of service. The bill–nicknamed the “Yelp” bill–prohibits now the inclusion…
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