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By Marc Hoag, tech lawyer & fractional GC at Hoag Law.ai and Chair of the Beverly Hills Bar Association’s AI & the Law section.

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#148. ⚠️ AI-Washing Legal Risk |🔒China AI IP Theft 📜Trump America AI Act

The White House accuses China of systematically stealing U.S. AI IP, growing securities liability for inflated AI claims, and the Trump administration pushes a sweeping federal AI governance framework.

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#147. ⚠️LinkedIn defaults you into AI training (again) — and buries the opt-out

Nov 11, 2025

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#147. ⚠️LinkedIn defaults you into AI training (again) — and buries the opt-out

Looks like the class action lawsuit back in January 2025 wasn't enough to stop them

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#146. 🥰🫦California's SB 243 regulates AI romance

Oct 17, 2025

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6 min read

#146. 🥰🫦California's SB 243 regulates AI romance

First-in-the-Nation Approach to Regulating AI Companion Chatbots

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#145. 🎥 Sora is the OpenAI of social apps, and you're the ⭐️ (access codes available!); 🐻 California's new AI law

Oct 2, 2025

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4 min read

#145. 🎥 Sora is the OpenAI of social apps, and you're the ⭐️ (access codes available!); 🐻 California's new AI law

OpenAI launches Sora 2 and standalone Sora social network; California signs SB53 into law

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#144. ♟️ Anthropic's $1.5B settlement was 4D chess at its finest

Sep 16, 2025

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4 min read

#144. ♟️ Anthropic's $1.5B settlement was 4D chess at its finest

Why it was a brilliant, calculated win for the AI juggernaut that just happened to raise a staggering $13B Series F at a whopping $183B valuation the same week the court ruled on the settlement.

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