A Magistrate Court decision from earlier this year has upheld the validity and enforceability of electronic signatures on promissory notes. According to the decision, collection proceedings may be initiated with the Israeli Enforcement and Collection Authority, even when the promissory note in question is signed electronically rather than with a handwritten signature.
This decision clarifies that the provisions of the ...
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, in the multidistrict litigation (MDL) against OpenAI, issued an order denying OpenAI’s motion to dismiss the claim of direct copyright infringement based on the outputs of its generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT.
The lawsuit consolidated multiple putative class actions brought by authors and copyright holders of fiction and non-fiction ...
On October 8, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill amending California’s data broker registration law with new disclosure requirements for data brokers. The Governor describes the bill as part of a broader agenda that focuses on consumer protection and provides consumers greater control over their data. The amendment will take effect on January 1, 2026.
The key ...
California Governor Gavin Newsom has finalized the enactment of key regulatory moves concerning the interaction between artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots and minors, vetoing one measure while signing another that sets specific compliance requirements for developers.
Governor Newsom rejected A.B. 1064, which would have barred developers from making chatbots available to minors unless they could guarantee the tools would never discuss ...
Singapore is taking decisive steps to regulate online harm with the introduction of a new online safety bill. This legislation aims to create a new online safety commission empowered to impose significant restrictions on social media platforms and internet service providers (ISPs).
The introduction of the new law was prompted by a study from the Singapore Infocomm Media Development Authority, ...
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted opinions on the European Commission’s draft decisions to extend the UK’s data protection adequacy under both the GDPR and the Law Enforcement Directive (LED) until December 2031. The current adequacy decisions are set to expire next month.
The extension is crucial because it allows organizations and law enforcement authorities in the European ...
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