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Supreme Court Reverses Affirmative Action | JD Supra
What the Court's ruling on race-conscious admissions means for higher education On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College that higher-education affirmative action admission programs aimed at achieving the educational benefits of diversity are unconstitutional.
New Jersey Enacts “Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights” | JD Supra
Q. Do temporary workers have workplace protections in New Jersey? A. Yes. On February 6, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Assembly Bill No. A1474 / S511 (also known as the Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights). The Bill of Rights establishes several new labor and employment protections for the state’s 125,000+ temporary workers.
New Jersey Enacts “Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights”
Q. Do temporary workers have workplace protections in New Jersey? A. Yes. On February 6, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Assembly Bill No. A1474 / S511 (also known as the Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights). The Bill of Rights establishes several new labor and employment protections for the state’s 125,000+ temporary workers.
New Jersey Enacts “Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights”
Q. Do temporary workers have workplace protections in New Jersey? A. Yes. On February 6, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Assembly Bill No. A1474 / S511 (also known as the Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights). The Bill of Rights establishes several new labor and employment protections for the state’s 125,000+ temporary workers.
More Privacy, Please - May 2023
Editor’s Note: Indiana became the latest state to enact a comprehensive privacy law, with Montana and Tennessee close behind. Washington passed sweeping legislation — the My Health My Data Act — which included a private right of action. At the federal level, the CFPB announced a breach of sensitive personal information.
More Privacy, Please - April 2023
Editor’s Note:Iowa became the sixth state in the nation to enact a comprehensive privacy law, and California’s latest privacy regulations came into effect. At the federal level, Congress experienced a leak of sensitive health data, and President Biden announced a new executive order targeting commercial spyware use by government agencies.
More Privacy, Please - February 2023
Editor’s Note: As the nation celebrated National Privacy Day on January 28, in regulatory news, the Colorado AG published a third version of its proposed regulations, and the CPPA voted to submit its draft regulations to the Office of Administrative Law. In litigation, the SEC sought records from law firm Covington and Burling, and Whole Food agreed to a BIPA settlement. In international news, Slovenia’s new Personal Data Protection Act came into force.
BIPA Claims Receive Five-Year Limitations Period | JD Supra
On February 2, the Illinois Supreme Court determined in Tims v. Blackhorse Carriers, Inc. that all claims under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) have a five-year statute of limitations. This ruling clarified the longstanding question, asking when claims can be timely brought under BIPA's various subsections. Background BIPA is a privacy statute that prohibits, among other things, the collection and dissemination of biometric data without consent.
Federal Judge Refuses to Dismiss Tobacco and Cannabis Company’s Class-Action SEC Disclosure Suit Based on 10b-5(b) Scienter and Loss Causation Requirements
On January 6, a federal judge for the Western District of New York denied a cannabis and tobacco engineering company’s attempt to dismiss claims that it concealed a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation to bolster stock prices, finding that investors bringing the suit sufficiently alleged that the company both had the opportunity and motive to hide the investigation and made public statements about the investigation it knew to be false.
More Privacy, Please - January 2023
Editor’s Note:In regulatory news, the Colorado AG published a second version of its proposed regulations. In U.S. litigation, Meta and TikTok both faced further litigation, and an Illinois court ruled that J&M Plating must provide data policies at the time of collection. Additionally, VPPA litigation continued with new suits against The Atlantic and MGM’s Online Gaming website.
Executive Order Signals Significant Changes for Technology Manufacturers
FTC’s ‘Nixing the Fix’ Offers Insight Into Ramifications of Presidential Directive Introduction Regulators are increasingly interested in transactions related to consumer technology.
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