With the new year upon us, new laws in a variety of categories may affect residents of Beverly Hills, either directly or indirectly. Areas of interest include the entertainment industry, which will begin the new year with new laws regarding artificial intelligence. Monetized social media posts using children must now comply with new regulations on the books. And new protections are in place for transgender children. Legacy college admissions are now entirely banned in the wake of the college admissions scandal. For businesses, new rules apply to payments for independent contractors, and the category of what constitutes “family leave” has expanded. Of particular interest to local businesses, new laws focused on organized retail theft could make punishments for large-scale theft stronger.
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