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Akin Intelligence - July 2024

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/3/2024

Welcome to the July edition of Akin Intelligence. This month, United States agencies released several key pieces of artificial intelligence (AI) guidance, including patent eligibility guidance from the United States Patent...more

White House Announces New Initiatives Targeting Consumer Experience

Troutman Pepper on 8/19/2024

Last week, the Biden-Harris Administration launched a comprehensive initiative aimed at addressing what it describes as everyday hassles that waste Americans’ time and money. This new government-wide effort, called “Time Is...more

AI Reporter - August 2024

Benesch on 8/16/2024

Google and Microsoft are spearheading the Coalition for Secure AI, focusing on supply chain security and mitigation strategies. Whether this attempt at self-regulation will ultimately succeed is unknown, as it overlaps with...more

CFPB to Issue Proposal to Make It Easier for Consumers to Reach ‘Real Person’ When Seeking Assistance

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/14/2024

Many financial services providers would be required to allow consumers seeking assistance to be connected to a “real person” by clicking on one button, under a new Biden Administration “Time is Money” initiative....more

FCC Regulation of AI-Generated Political Ads Could Go into Effect This Cycle

Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak on 8/12/2024

By: Oliver Roberts and Jason Torchinsky On Thursday July 25, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it will “move forward with a proposal to implement new AI transparency requirements.” The FCC’s...more

Beware: Multi-Agency Pricing Task Force

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 8/6/2024

Arising out of a March 2024 meeting of the White House Competition Council, President Biden announced the launch of a Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing designed "to strengthen interagency efforts to root out and stop...more

FCC Attempts to Regulate Artificial Intelligence in Political Advertising Through New Disclosure Requirements - July 2024

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 8/2/2024

The proposed rule would require radio and TV broadcasters to inquire of political advertisers as to whether their ad includes AI-generated content. A broadcast station that receives a candidate or issue ad containing...more

The Potential Impact of SCOTUS' Chevron Decision on Privacy Regulations

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/19/2024

Given the inability of the U.S. Congress to pass a comprehensive privacy law (such as the proposed and likely dead-on-arrival APRA), the United States continues to be left with a patchwork of sector-specific laws and a...more

AI in Political Advertising

Dickinson Wright on 7/17/2024

Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is an incredible tool that is now widely used across industries – political advertising is no exception. AI is easy to use, inexpensive, and fast. Lately, we’ve received an influx of questions...more

What’s New in Wireless - July 2024

Mintz - Technology, Communications & Media... on 7/9/2024

The wireless industry has revolutionized the way we connect, from facilitating teleworking, distance learning, and telemedicine to allowing the American public to interact virtually in almost all other aspects of their daily...more

Space Bureau Regulatory Fees Skyrocket in FY 2024

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/2/2024

The Federal Communications Commission (“Commission”) has released a series of items pertaining to its annual regulatory fee assessment and collection process, including: (1) the 2024 Regulatory Fee Notice of Proposed...more

Tried and Tested: FCC Rulemaking Proposes Heightened Restrictions on Entities Involved in Testing and Authorizing Tech and Telecom...

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 6/10/2024

FCC seeks to protect telecommunications certification bodies, measurement facilities, and the equipment authorization program from national security threats posed by foreign adversaries....more

FCC Seeks to Strengthen Oversight of the Equipment Authorization Program in the Latest Effort to Safeguard Wireless Supply Chains...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/28/2024

The FCC – in the latest iteration of its expanding role as a regulator in the national security space – recently adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) proposing to fortify the security of the wireless supply chain...more

What’s in the Proposed American Privacy Rights Act?

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 5/9/2024

Congress is once again entertaining federal privacy legislation. The American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) was introduced by Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy...more

With Net Neutrality Order, FCC Grants Broadband-Only ISPs New Pole Attachment Protections

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/7/2024

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on April 25, 2024 to reinstate its net neutrality rules by reclassifying broadband internet access service (BIAS) as a “telecommunications service” under Title II of the...more

Net Neutrality Is Back, for Now

Perkins Coie on 4/11/2024

With the recent circulation of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) draft version of its highly anticipated net neutrality order, Promoting a Fast, Open, and Fair Internet (the 2024 Order), Chairwoman Jessica...more

State Attorneys General Take Action on Artificial Intelligence

Foley Hoag LLP - State AG Insights on 3/22/2024

The evolving use of artificial intelligence (AI) across different industries has thrust states into a difficult and rapidly developing regulatory arena. State Attorneys General have and will continue to play an essential role...more

FCC Approves Voluntary Internet-of-Things Cybersecurity Labeling Program

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/22/2024

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently approved a voluntary Internet of Things (IoT) Labeling Program, which allows manufacturers of IoT products to earn the FCC’s approval to display a “U.S. Cyber Trust Mark”...more

U.S. Wireless Spectrum Policy: 2024 and Beyond

Venable LLP on 3/18/2024

The use of wireless spectrum is often determined by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which generally implements rules regarding spectrum use through notice and comment rulemaking proceedings. In 2024, however,...more

Telephone and Texting Compliance News: Regulatory Update — FCC Confirms TCPA Bars AI-Generated Voices, Adopts New Consent...

Mintz - Technology, Communications & Media... on 3/4/2024

Commission Declares TCPA Prohibits AI-Generated Voices - Following up on January’s update, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Declaratory Ruling that confirms that the prohibitions in the Telephone...more

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