Practice Guides
Find answers by topic, question, or jurisdiction. Choose a topic to browse its guides. This is legal research, not legal advice.
AI in Hiring & Screening
Using AI to screen, rank, or decide on people — and the discrimination, notice, and bias-audit rules that follow.
- Can AI make hiring decisions?
- AI hiring law compliance across NYC, Illinois, and Colorado
- Adverse-action procedures when AI drives the decision
- Defensible bias audits for HR AI tools
- Disparate impact from AI-skill requirements
- Disparate impact from AI-driven performance review
- State laws on employer AI monitoring
AI Use Policies & Employee Mandates
What an acceptable-use policy must cover, and the risks of requiring employees to use AI tools.
AI Vendors, Data & Privilege
Contracting with AI providers — data retention and residency, privilege, trade-secret leakage, indemnities, and lock-in.
- Cross-provider zero-data-retention commitments
- Data residency options for AI-assisted legal review
- Prompt-logging exceptions by provider
- Privilege risk when legal teams use external AI vendors
- Trade-secret leakage into public AI models
- Hallucination indemnification in AI vendor contracts
- Vendor lock-in risk in AI service agreements
- AI vendor evaluation as an executable skills file
- Token economics for legal teams
AI-Driven Layoffs & Restructuring
Restructuring when AI changes the work — WARN notice requirements, redundancy analysis, and documentation.
- WARN Act exposure in AI-driven workforce reductions
- AI-driven layoffs: without cause or redundancy in U.S. employment law
- Proving redundancy for AI-replaced roles across the EU, UK, Canada, and Australia
- Contractor displacement on AI-efficiency grounds
- Business rationale documentation for AI-driven layoffs
- Retention bonuses under competitor AI pressure
Consumer Privacy Laws
Find the privacy rules that apply to collecting, using, and sharing personal information.
- Alabama — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Alaska — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Arizona — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Arkansas — Consumer Privacy Laws
- California — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Colorado — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Connecticut — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Delaware — Consumer Privacy Laws
- District of Columbia — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Florida — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Georgia — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Hawaii — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Idaho — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Illinois — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Indiana — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Iowa — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Kansas — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Kentucky — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Louisiana — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Maine — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Maryland — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Massachusetts — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Michigan — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Minnesota — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Mississippi — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Missouri — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Montana — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Nebraska — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Nevada — Consumer Privacy Laws
- New Hampshire — Consumer Privacy Laws
- New Jersey — Consumer Privacy Laws
- New Mexico — Consumer Privacy Laws
- New York — Consumer Privacy Laws
- North Carolina — Consumer Privacy Laws
- North Dakota — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Ohio — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Oklahoma — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Oregon — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Pennsylvania — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Rhode Island — Consumer Privacy Laws
- South Carolina — Consumer Privacy Laws
- South Dakota — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Tennessee — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Texas — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Utah — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Vermont — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Virginia — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Washington — Consumer Privacy Laws
- West Virginia — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Wisconsin — Consumer Privacy Laws
- Wyoming — Consumer Privacy Laws
Invention Assignment Laws
Review employee invention ownership, assignment limits, exclusions, and required notices.
- Alabama — Invention Assignment Laws
- Alaska — Invention Assignment Laws
- American Samoa — Invention Assignment Laws
- Arizona — Invention Assignment Laws
- Arkansas — Invention Assignment Laws
- California — Invention Assignment Laws
- Colorado — Invention Assignment Laws
- Connecticut — Invention Assignment Laws
- Delaware — Invention Assignment Laws
- District of Columbia — Invention Assignment Laws
- Florida — Invention Assignment Laws
- Georgia — Invention Assignment Laws
- Guam — Invention Assignment Laws
- Hawaii — Invention Assignment Laws
- Idaho — Invention Assignment Laws
- Illinois — Invention Assignment Laws
- Indiana — Invention Assignment Laws
- Iowa — Invention Assignment Laws
- Kansas — Invention Assignment Laws
- Kentucky — Invention Assignment Laws
- Louisiana — Invention Assignment Laws
- Maine — Invention Assignment Laws
- Maryland — Invention Assignment Laws
- Massachusetts — Invention Assignment Laws
- Michigan — Invention Assignment Laws
- Minnesota — Invention Assignment Laws
- Mississippi — Invention Assignment Laws
- Missouri — Invention Assignment Laws
- Montana — Invention Assignment Laws
- Nebraska — Invention Assignment Laws
- Nevada — Invention Assignment Laws
- New Hampshire — Invention Assignment Laws
- New Jersey — Invention Assignment Laws
- New Mexico — Invention Assignment Laws
- New York — Invention Assignment Laws
- North Carolina — Invention Assignment Laws
- North Dakota — Invention Assignment Laws
- Northern Mariana Islands — Invention Assignment Laws
- Ohio — Invention Assignment Laws
- Oklahoma — Invention Assignment Laws
- Oregon — Invention Assignment Laws
- Pennsylvania — Invention Assignment Laws
- Puerto Rico — Invention Assignment Laws
- Rhode Island — Invention Assignment Laws
- South Carolina — Invention Assignment Laws
- South Dakota — Invention Assignment Laws
- Tennessee — Invention Assignment Laws
- Texas — Invention Assignment Laws
- U.S. Virgin Islands — Invention Assignment Laws
- Utah — Invention Assignment Laws
- Vermont — Invention Assignment Laws
- Virginia — Invention Assignment Laws
- Washington — Invention Assignment Laws
- West Virginia — Invention Assignment Laws
- Wisconsin — Invention Assignment Laws
- Wyoming — Invention Assignment Laws
Non-Compete Laws
Check restrictions on non-competes, non-solicitation, and other post-employment obligations.
- Alabama — Non-Compete Laws
- Alaska — Non-Compete Laws
- American Samoa — Non-Compete Laws
- Arizona — Non-Compete Laws
- Arkansas — Non-Compete Laws
- California — Non-Compete Laws
- Colorado — Non-Compete Laws
- Connecticut — Non-Compete Laws
- Delaware — Non-Compete Laws
- District of Columbia — Non-Compete Laws
- Florida — Non-Compete Laws
- Georgia — Non-Compete Laws
- Guam — Non-Compete Laws
- Hawaii — Non-Compete Laws
- Idaho — Non-Compete Laws
- Illinois — Non-Compete Laws
- Indiana — Non-Compete Laws
- Iowa — Non-Compete Laws
- Kansas — Non-Compete Laws
- Kentucky — Non-Compete Laws
- Louisiana — Non-Compete Laws
- Maine — Non-Compete Laws
- Maryland — Non-Compete Laws
- Massachusetts — Non-Compete Laws
- Michigan — Non-Compete Laws
- Minnesota — Non-Compete Laws
- Mississippi — Non-Compete Laws
- Missouri — Non-Compete Laws
- Montana — Non-Compete Laws
- Nebraska — Non-Compete Laws
- Nevada — Non-Compete Laws
- New Hampshire — Non-Compete Laws
- New Jersey — Non-Compete Laws
- New Mexico — Non-Compete Laws
- New York — Non-Compete Laws
- North Carolina — Non-Compete Laws
- North Dakota — Non-Compete Laws
- Northern Mariana Islands — Non-Compete Laws
- Ohio — Non-Compete Laws
- Oklahoma — Non-Compete Laws
- Oregon — Non-Compete Laws
- Pennsylvania — Non-Compete Laws
- Puerto Rico — Non-Compete Laws
- Rhode Island — Non-Compete Laws
- South Carolina — Non-Compete Laws
- South Dakota — Non-Compete Laws
- Tennessee — Non-Compete Laws
- Texas — Non-Compete Laws
- U.S. Virgin Islands — Non-Compete Laws
- Utah — Non-Compete Laws
- Vermont — Non-Compete Laws
- Virginia — Non-Compete Laws
- Washington — Non-Compete Laws
- West Virginia — Non-Compete Laws
- Wisconsin — Non-Compete Laws
- Wyoming — Non-Compete Laws
- Australia — Non-Compete Laws
- Australian Capital Territory, Australia — Non-Compete Laws
- Federal (FTC)
- India — Non-Compete Laws
- New South Wales, Australia — Non-Compete Laws
- Northern Territory, Australia — Non-Compete Laws
- Philippines — Non-Compete Laws
- Queensland, Australia — Non-Compete Laws
- Singapore — Non-Compete Laws
- South Australia, Australia — Non-Compete Laws
- Tasmania, Australia — Non-Compete Laws
- Victoria, Australia — Non-Compete Laws
- Western Australia, Australia — Non-Compete Laws
Nonprofit Governance Laws
Review New York nonprofit bylaw authority, board decisions, and member approvals.
School Governance Laws
Review governance requirements for New York Regents-chartered education corporations.
Startup Financing
Financing forms and their economics, from YC SAFEs to the NVCA charter and its preferred-stock, conversion and governance provisions.
Stay-or-Pay Laws
Review employee repayment obligations, training costs, and restrictions on departure-related charges.
Trade Secrets Laws
Review trade-secret protection and the duration of confidentiality obligations.
Wage & Hour Laws
Find jurisdiction-specific guidance on pay, working time, and employee notice requirements.
- Arizona — Wage & Hour Laws
- California — Wage & Hour Laws
- Colorado — Wage & Hour Laws
- Florida — Wage & Hour Laws
- Georgia — Wage & Hour Laws
- Illinois — Wage & Hour Laws
- Massachusetts — Wage & Hour Laws
- Michigan — Wage & Hour Laws
- New Jersey — Wage & Hour Laws
- New York — Wage & Hour Laws
- North Carolina — Wage & Hour Laws
- Ohio — Wage & Hour Laws
- Oregon — Wage & Hour Laws
- Pennsylvania — Wage & Hour Laws
- Texas — Wage & Hour Laws
- Virginia — Wage & Hour Laws
- Washington — Wage & Hour Laws
Working with Outside Counsel
Working with and transitioning between outside counsel — files, work product, and privilege across the handoff.