California’s anti-employment-discrimination regulations now include AI, expand retention requirements

July 17, 2025

The California Civil Rights Council, which is part of the Civil Rights Department, published revised regulations to protect against employment discrimination as a result of an employer’s use of artificial intelligence.

EBA consults on draft guidelines on third-party risk management with regard to non-ICT related services

July 11, 2025

On 8 July 2025, the European Banking Authority (EBA) issued a consultation paper on the draft guidelines on the sound management of third-party risk.

Intellectual property rights on insolvency: risks and remedies for a licensee

July 08, 2025

What are the principal areas of risk for a licensee of IP rights when the licensor enters into an insolvency process? What are the steps that a licensee may take to protect itself in potential future insolvency proceedings of its licensor?

Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act

July 02, 2025

The Texas Governor signed the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (HB 149), which will go into effect on January 1, 2026.

Do your technology and outsourcing contracts properly address liability for cyber incidents?

July 01, 2025

Most incidents handled by our Norton Rose Fulbright cyber team originate from the customer’s service provider. In many cases it is the service provider’s systems, infrastructure and environment which proves to be the most vulnerable to cyber breaches and security issues.

Workday AI lawsuit receives the greenlight to proceed as a collective action

June 04, 2025

Workday Inc. (Workday) must face a nationwide collective action that could implicate “hundreds of millions of people” who were rejected for employment through Workday.

Generative AI: Updated global guide to key IP considerations

June 02, 2025

Generative AI systems are trained using vast amounts of data, often taken from sources in the public domain that may be protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights. So could training a generative AI system using publicly accessible copyright work constitute an infringement? And could the output infringe?

AI literacy: The Commission’s pointers on building your programme

May 28, 2025

The EU AI Act’s AI literacy obligation applied from 2 February 2025. This applies to anyone doing anything with AI where there is some connection to the EU – to providers and deployers of any AI systems.

Substantiate AI detection claims

May 13, 2025

On April 28, 2025, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made it clear that any claims about the ability of a tool to detect whether artificial intelligence (AI) generated content need to be substantiated, just like other advertising claims.

Navigating regulatory challenges in data centres

May 01, 2025

Businesses investing in, financing or operating data centres face a complex matrix of laws and regulatory requirements. Ensuring compliance is important for lender and investor due diligence and is crucial to avoiding fines, penalties and contractual or regulatory breaches that can significantly impact the business and any investment in, or financing of, data centres.