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Federal Government’s Penny Pinching Could Spur States to Set New Rounding Rules for Cash Sales Retailers are pushing for national rules to allow businesses to round cash sales to the nearest nickel...
OH Gov Vetoes Bill to Expand Youth Work Hours Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) vetoed a bill ( SB 50 ) that would have allowed 14- and 15-year-olds to work until 9 p.m. year-round. DeWine said in his veto message...
Trump to Issue National AI Rule President Donald Trump said he would issue an executive order this week establishing a single national rule for artificial intelligence, presumably preempting various...
A legacy of the #MeToo Movement has been an increased focus nationwide on pay transparency. Pay transparency laws are perhaps most often thought of as requirements that employers disclose compensation...
States Continue to Target AI-Driven Rental Pricing Nineteen states are considering bills that would limit the use of third-party software relying on competitor data to set rental housing prices, according...
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California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed AB 325, making it a violation of the state’s antitrust law, the Cartwright Act, “to use or distribute a common pricing algorithm as part of a contract, combination in the form of a trust, or conspiracy to restrain trade or commerce.” California is one of eight states that joined a U.S. Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit last year alleging real estate software and analytics company RealPage sold software to landlords allowing them to use a shared algorithm to set prices. (REGISTER, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
Lawmakers in four states have introduced measures this year aimed at designating artificial intelligence systems as “nonsentient. The most recent is Ohio’s HB 469, introduced last month, which would bar AI systems from being “granted the status of person or any form of legal personhood” or being “considered to possess consciousness, self-awareness, or similar traits of living beings. (PLURIBUS NEWS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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