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Each month, College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) General Counsel Ira Shepard provides an overview of several labor and employment law cases and regulatory actions with implications for the higher ed workplace. Read on for the latest from Ira.

On Oct. 16, the New York Department of Financial Services issued guidance and strategies for addressing cybersecurity risks arising from advancements in artificial intelligence. While AI technology has, in many cases, positively affected businesses, it has also opened the door to a myriad of...

Alexander Reich’s WISE (Workplace Initiatives and Strategies for Employers) blog post, “Key Illinois Employment Law Changes Taking Effect July 1, 2024,” was published in the Summer 2024 issue of the Illinois Mechanical & Specialty Contractors Association’s Substance publication. The article outlines...

An overview of labor and employment law cases and regulatory actions with implications for the higher ed workplace. The University of California has taken legal action against United Auto Workers Local 4811, which represents some 48,000 academic workers and graduate students across UC’s multiple...

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to create various forms of media raises interesting legal issues relating to the protection of intellectual property. Generative AI is being used to create songs that have vocals and other characteristics that mimic the sound and style of famous musicians. In...

"Innovation continues across industries at a rapid pace. Many companies maintain highly valuable trade secrets and private data that provide them with a competitive market advantage. The rapidly evolving technological landscape, however, leads to new and more sophisticated threats to a company’s...

"The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate creative works and inventions raises interesting legal challenges to the protection of intellectual property. Courts have become the battleground for one individual in particular, Dr. Stephen Thaler, to test whether creative works and inventions...

As always, the State Legislature had much to say about employers in the state. While the new laws impose expansive obligations on employers, it could have been worse: many onerous laws either did not pass or were not signed by the Governor. Except as indicated below, the new laws become effective...