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Are Draft AI Regs Too Strong or Too Weak? The CA Privacy Agency Can’t Decide.
Do the regs have a loophole?
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Responding to Clearview AI’s Comments Concerning Consumer Watchdog’s Report on Clearview AI’s Abuses of Our Privacy Rights
In the wake of the publishing of Consumer Watchdog’s report on Clearview AI, both the company’s CEO, Hoan Ton-That, and General Counsel, Jack Mulcaire, objected to the report. In this blog, we respond to Mr. Ton-That’s and Mr. Mulcaire’s statements,...
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California Air Resources Board Has Some Explaining To Do Over Low Carbon Fuel Standard’s Impact on Gasoline Prices
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has wisely postponed a March vote on the new acceleration of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), which is designed to decrease the carbon intensity in fuels.
A staff analysis found that acceleration...
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CA Privacy Agency Debates Scope of Automated Decisions, Proposes Opt Out Preference Signal Legislation
The state’s top data privacy enforcer, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), has voted on to send a package of rules surrounding data cyber security audits to public comment while sending regulations for risk assessments and automated decisions back...
Accountability
Mike Mattoch: Remembering A Hero (1957 – 2023)
Our long-time friend and colleague Mike Mattoch died suddenly at his desk last week. He was 66 years old.Mike was a hero in every sense of the word. He was a veteran, serving in the Army and later the...
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Are California’s New Draft AI Regs Good?
More and more, AI is making decisions for us without us evening knowing it. On Monday, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released draft language for business compliance regarding automated decisionmaking (ADM). Overall, they are a strong start that give...
Accountability
Former City Lawyer: FBI Determined Feuer Lied About Knowledge of Extortion Payment
This is a cross-post with the Debaser, a newsletter about LA lawyers and politics.
Los Angeles—After receiving word from the judge that he’s going to prison for 33 months, former LA city lawyer Paul Paradis walked up to the...
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John Doe v. California Department of Public Health et al., Los Angeles Superior Court, Case No. 20STCV3236
A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit affecting consumers enrolled in two California state-sponsored health care programs for individuals living with HIV. Notice of the Settlement was mailed on June 16, 2023.
The settlement addresses an alleged unauthorized...
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California Apartment Association’s Abuse of the Ballot Initiative Process
The integrity of the California voter initiative process is under attack. The California Apartment Association is attempting to add to the ballot an unconstitutional initiative designed to silence a single outspoken proponent of rent control--the AIDS Healthcare Foundation...
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The Good That Came Out Of Suing the State Over Allowing Illegal Disposal Of Radioactive Waste From CA’s Most Notorious Cold War Lab: An...
The Santa Susana Field Lab, nestled in the Simi Hills, is about an hour by car from downtown Los Angeles. It is the scene of experimental nuclear reactor testing and a partial nuclear meltdown in 1959, plutonium production, and...
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