As amended, House Bill 18—the Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act (2023)—proposes to protect children from harmful, deceptive, or unfair trade practices in connection with the use of certain digital services. It provides enhanced online privacy protections, places a duty on digital service providers to limit access to harmful online content, and empowers parents with additional rights and tools to keep their children safe.
A New Sheriff on the AI Frontier: My Experience with HB 149
On the new artificial intelligence (AI) frontier, Texas is doing what it does best: leading from the front. When House Bill 149—the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act—was introduced, it felt like an overdue reckoning. I have spent years as a litigation attorney at leading law firms working, publishing, and presenting on the intersection of...