Tuesday, 11 November, 2025

Access Denied: New California Laws Seek To Impose Safeguards on New and Emerging Technologies


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Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business Show, interviewed Tamara Kurtzman.

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On a recent Price of Business, Host Kevin Price visited with California attorney Tamara Kurtzman.

This month, California Governor Gavin Newsom officially signed a series of bills into law targeting online safety concerns associated with artificial intelligence and social media use. One of these laws, SB 243, implements a first-of-its-kind series of safeguards geared toward AI companions and requires, among other things, that chatbots disclose to minors that they are indeed a product of artificial intelligence and offer periodic break reminders. Chatbots makers will also need to implement tools to protect against harmful behaviors and disclose certain instances to a crisis hotline. Another bill signed into law by Governor Newsom, AB 56, requires that social media platforms add labels that warn users of the potential mental health risks associated with using those platforms. AB 621, meanwhile, increased penalties for platforms that distribute deepfake pornography. Another new law, AB 1043, requires that device makers implement tools to verify user ages in their app stores. The matter of online age verification has been a much-discussed topic this year especially in light of the recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a lower ruling that allowed Texas to enforce a state law requiring pornography sites to verify the age of their users before providing access. While advocates of these new measures hail the benefits of increased safety for minors and other vulnerable groups, opponents argue that forcing adults to accept the high risk of having their personal information exposed online (and potentially misused) through various verification requirements is an unreasonable burden to place on speech.

Ms. Kurtzman received her undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago, with honors, and subsequently graduated cum laude from Case Western Reserve University School of Law where she received her juris doctor. While attending Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Ms. Kurtzman served as both an associate member and, subsequently, as Editor-In-Chief of The Internet Law Journal.

Before founding TMK, Ms. Kurtzman served as a partner in a California general-practice law firm specializing in corporate representation where she co-chaired, among other divisions, both the firm’s commercial contracts and litigation practices. Ms. Kurtzman has been featured in:

  • The Wall Street Journal
  • The Los Angeles Business Journal
  • Bloomberg News
  • Law360
  • The Daily Journal
  • Los Angeles Lawyer
  • Inside Counsel
  • Westlaw’s Sports & Entertainment Journal
  • The Beverly Hills Courier
  • Backstage
  • The ABA Journal
  • The Hollywood Times
  • Business Law Today
  • The Journal of Internet Law
  • Corporate Counselor
  • Price of Business

In 2012, Ms. Kurtzman was named one of 50 attorneys on the “Fast Track” to becoming the country’s top lawyers and leaders. In 2013, Ms. Kurtzman was inducted into the Beverly Hills Bar Association’s Order of Distinguished Attorneys. In 2017-2021, each year Ms. Kurtzman was selected to SuperLawyer’s Southern California Rising Stars list; each year, less than 3% of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Also in 2019, Ms. Kurtzman was named one of the Up-and-Coming 50 Women Southern California Rising Stars by SuperLawyers. In 2015, Ms. Kurtzman became one of the youngest adjunct law professors in the state and, over the years, Ms. Kurtzman has taught pretrial litigation practice and business organizations to numerous classes of law school students. In both 2023 and 2024, Ms. Kurtzman was selected to SuperLawyer’s Southern California Super Lawyer list which recognizes the top 5% of attorneys in each state.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, in her spare time Ms. Kurtzman practices Krav Maga and is an avid sabre fencer and bagpiper. Ms. Kurtzman also serves on the Board of American Family Housing, an organization providing long-term housing solutions for formerly homeless veterans and families.

Learn more at www.tmkattorneys.com.

 

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamara-kurtzman-2b540615

 

 

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