Quick Hits • New York Governor Hochul signed into law a bill to protect fashion models from unfair contracts and payment practices. • The law regulates activities of model management companies, their clients, and hiring parties and imposes various requirements to protect models in the fashion industry. • The law takes effect on June 19, 2025.

New Requirements for Model Management Companies

On December 21, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the New York State Fashion Workers Act, which establishes additional protections beyond the protections that were established for all freelance workers with the passage of the New York State Freelance Isn’t Free Act.

Under the Fashion Workers Act, model management companies must: • register with the state, receive a certificate of reg

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