On 12 July 2024, the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 ("EU AI Act") was published in the EU Official Journal, making it the first comprehensive horizontal legal framework for the...more
A series of recent rulings from the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") has reaffirmed the country of origin principle set forth in the e-Commerce Directive ("ECD")—which provides that, except in limited...more
The German federal and state data protection authorities published guidelines for the implementation and use of AI in compliance with the European Union's regulation of personal data ("Guidelines")....more
Germany evaluates AI-specific legislation needs and actively engages in international initiatives.
Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (the “AI Regulations”)
Currently, with the exception of minor references to AI...more
5/20/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Germany ,
International Labor Laws ,
Machine Learning ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management
The EU introduces the pioneering EU AI Act, aiming to become a global hub for human-centric, trustworthy AI.
Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (the “AI Regulations”)
The primary legislative proposal for regulating...more
The global dash to regulate AI -
Artificial intelligence (AI) has made enormous strides in recent years and has increasingly moved into the public consciousness.
Increases in computational power, coupled with advances in...more
5/14/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cross-Border ,
Doing Business ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Jurisdiction ,
Machine Learning ,
Mergers ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Technology Sector
On January 22, 2024, the pre-final text of the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act ("EU AI Act") – the world's first comprehensive horizontal legal framework for the regulation of AI systems across the EU – leaked...more
On November 27, 2023, the European Union ("EU") adopted the final text of the Data Act, marking an effort to create a harmonized, cross-sectoral data sharing framework with the stated goal of ensuring fair access to and use...more
11/30/2023
/ B2B Organizations ,
Corporate Counsel ,
DATA Act ,
Data Protection ,
Digital Data ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
New Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) ,
Technology Sector
...We round out our series with a summary of several developments around the world that focus on the adequacy of the various jurisdictions' laws in addressing the opportunities and risks arising from generative AI....more
9/22/2023
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Authorship ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Office ,
Google ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Machine Learning ,
Patent Applications ,
Patents ,
Risk Assessment ,
Training ,
USPTO
In this edition, key themes include creators and consumers seeking more control and protection over how their content is used to train AI models (whether under copyright law or privacy laws), and governments grappling with...more
8/31/2023
/ Advertising ,
Algorithms ,
Arbitration ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Authorship ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Bias ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
China ,
Class Action ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Office ,
Copyright Registration ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Election Commission (FEC) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
Motion to Compel ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
South Korea ,
Target ,
Terms of Service ,
Zoom®
Welcome to the third edition of our AI Legal News Summer Roundup! After five class actions were filed between June 28 and July 11 (as reported on in our first edition of this series), on July 21, another class action lawsuit...more
8/10/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Australia ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Class Action ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Deep Fake ,
Emerging Technologies ,
EU ,
France ,
Germany ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Internet ,
Investment Adviser ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Microsoft ,
Patent Infringement ,
Popular ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Risk Factors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
South Korea ,
Technology Sector ,
UK ,
Web Browsers
Welcome to the first edition of our AI Legal News Summer Roundup! With both the temperature and artificial intelligence developments heating up, the time is ripe to provide periodic updates this summer on recent legal...more
7/20/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Australia ,
China ,
Competition ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Data Transfers ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Infrastructure ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Japan ,
New Rules ,
Singapore ,
Technology Sector ,
UK
Germany's Federal Constitutional Court holds that the question should be referred to the European Court of Justice -
Is a data subject entitled to compensation from a controller or processor if the data subject's GDPR...more
White & Case Technology Newsflash -
On 25 May 2018, the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entered into force. The GDPR is intended to harmonize data protection regulations within the EU, whereby member...more