California ADMT Regulations
A practical guide to California's new automated decision-making technology regulations for attorneys advising clients on AI compliance.
California's ADMT regulations impose concrete obligations on any business using automated technology to make or influence significant decisions about California residents. This session breaks down the legal definition, the five categories of significant decisions that trigger enhanced requirements, the opt-out and notice rules, and what documentation and risk assessment obligations look like in practice.
WHO IT'S FOR
Lawyers, compliance professionals, and businesses deploying AI tools that affect California residents.
REQUIREMENTS
No AI background needed. Basic regulatory familiarity is helpful.
FORMAT
Self-paced. Includes the full 60-min recorded session at the end.
The legal definition, precisely
Understand what qualifies as ADMT under California law — including the three-part human involvement test that catches most enterprise AI tools.
Compliance trigger analysis
Know which of the five significant decision categories apply to your client's AI deployment and what each one requires.
Notice and opt-out mechanics
Draft-ready understanding of pre-use notice requirements, where they must appear, and the one valid exception to opt-out rights.
Enforcement and penalty exposure
Understand the documentation and risk assessment obligations, and how the penalty math compounds across violations.
Charlyn Ho
Founder, Rikka Academy
Charlyn is a transactional lawyer with decades of experience in technology licensing, M&A, and commercial contracts. She designed the Rikka Method — a first-principles approach to contract analysis — and teaches lawyers to think before they draft. This session was recorded live with Washington University Law School as part of their CLE programming.
This CLE session is eligible for credits in Washington, DC.
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