Artificial intelligence is no longer a future concern for employment lawyers and HR teams. It is already embedded in how many organizations recruit, manage and restructure their workforces. Regulators in California and Connecticut are responding with concrete legislative proposals and executive action that would impose new compliance obligations on employers who use these tools. Employers
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Stateful AI: What to Remember in the Shift to AI That Remembers
Providers have recently moved towards enabling AI agents to maintain persistent context and memory across interactions rather than treating each request as an isolated event. The environment makes it easier for enterprise AI systems to be designed to remember data and materials input and output from the tool.
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Emerging Compliance Expectations for Email-Tracking Technology
The use of email-tracking technology is drawing heightened regulatory scrutiny and has become a growing target of litigation. For many organizations, these technologies, which could be in the form of a “pixel,” “beacon” or URL tracking parameters embedded in links, sit quietly in the background of marketing and operational messages. Yet from a legal and
London Robotaxis, Inclusive Technologies for Deaf Athletes and a 100 MW Data Center in India — News of Note for the Internet-Minded (3/4/26)
In this week’s News of Note, Nvidia plans rollout of AI-powered laptop chips, ASML’s EUV breakthrough promises a surge in chip production, and increasing threats from polymorphic malware force shift in cybersecurity strategies. Elsewhere, Acme Weather offers alternate weather predictions for greater accuracy.
- Nvidia makes a comeback to the consumer PC market with AI-focused laptop
FTC Issues COPPA Policy Statement to Encourage Age Verification Technologies
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a significant policy statement announcing that it will not bring enforcement actions under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) against certain website and online service operators that collect, use, and disclose personal information solely for the purpose of determining a user’s age via age verification technologies.
The Next Thing Knocking at Real Estate’s Door: Quantum Computing
The world has not yet fully explored the potential of artificial intelligence (AI), and yet another major technological wave is already forming on the horizon: quantum computing. While the transition from acknowledged potential to established, practical application of new quantum technologies remains underway, stakeholders in the real estate industry may soon see growing demand for
Beyond Irises and Fingerprints: The Expanding Boundaries of Biometrics
You scan your face to unlock your smartphone. You use your fingerprint to unlock the password manager on your laptop. You scan your face once again as part of a double authentication process to access your company’s VPN server. Biometric security measures that a few decades ago would have only been featured in spy novels
Quantum‑as‑a‑Service: Contracting for the Next Wave of Cloud Computing
Quantum-as-a-Service (QaaS) has moved from lab curiosity to real-world adoption. The inflection point isn’t that enterprises will own quantum computers anytime soon; it’s that usable quantum capacity is becoming accessible through cloud platforms, and leading firms are reporting production-adjacent use cases in real workflows.
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Digital Omnibus: European Commission Seeks Evidence to Streamline EU Digital Rules
On September 16, 2025, the European Commission opened a call for evidence to inform a forthcoming “Digital Omnibus” aimed at simplifying and reducing administrative burden across the EU’s data, cybersecurity and AI regulatory frameworks. The initiative sits within the Commission’s simplification agenda and its headline target to cut administrative burden by at least 25% overall
The EU Data Act: Scope, Obligations and Enforcement
Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 (the Data Act) entered into force on January 11, 2024, and applied from September 12, 2025, with certain provisions phased in through 2026 and 2027. The Data Act is intended to create a harmonized framework for fair access to and use of data across the EU, supplementing the GDPR and sector-specific rules.