Replica clauses signed without counsel or a union are void in New York when they let a digital replica replace in-person work, under a law signed in December 2024

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New York. The law makes a provision in an agreement for personal or professional services contrary to public policy and void as to new performances by digital replication where it allows a digital replica of the individual's voice or likeness in place of work the individual would otherwise have performed in person, without a reasonably specific description of intended uses, and the individual was not represented by counsel or by a union whose agreement expressly addresses digital replicas. It applies to contracts from January 1, 2025.

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One state's contract rule; it does not measure replica use.

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