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All Eyes on AI: Regulatory, Litigation, and Transactional Developments – Q3 2023

The firm is pleased to distribute the Q3 2023 edition of All Eyes on AI: Regulatory, Litigation, and Transactional Developments, which closely follows the evolving regulatory landscape for artificial intelligence (AI) in the...more

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Financial Daily Dose 6.17.2021 | Top Story: Fed Speeds Up Timetable for Rate Hikes Based on Stronger Economic Outlook

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Fed officials wrapped their June meeting yesterday with the news that “they expected to raise interest rates from rock bottom sooner than they had previously forecast.” That translates to a potential two incremental increases...more

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Financial Daily Dose 3.23.2021 | Top Story: White House Rolls Out Early Plans for $3T in Infrastructure, Anti-Inequality Spending

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The Biden administration is reportedly preparing a series of infrastructure, anti-inequality, environmental, and family-focused initiatives that could involve a combined $3 trillion of spending, though details “remain in...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.16.2020 | Top Story: EU and UK Regulators Announce Sweeping New Laws Aimed at Big Tech Gatekeepers

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EU and British authorities unveiled new proposals this week to “crimp the power of ‘gatekeeper’ platforms like Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft, which policymakers argue deserve more oversight given their outsize...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.22.2020 | Top Story: Microsoft Drops $7.5B on Gaming Acquisition to Challenge Rival Sony

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Microsoft made a huge gaming move on Monday with its $7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax Media, the “parent company of gaming studios like Bethesda,” and maker of titles like “The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Doom, Quake and...more

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Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 6, September 2020

TikTok Will Partner with Oracle in the United States After Microsoft Loses Bid - "TikTok and Oracle will become business partners in the United States — a deal meant to satisfy the Trump administration's national security...more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.28.2020 | Top Story: In Major Policy Shift, Fed Embraces Inflation to Keep Rates Low

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In hotly anticipated comments on Thursday—and yes, such a designation applies to a speech on monetary policy—Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell “announced a major shift in how the central bank guides the economy, signaling it...more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.4.2020 | Top Story: Twitter to Pay FTC Up to $250 Over Privacy Violations

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Twitter will pay the Federal Trade Commission up to $250 million to “resolve new charges . . . that the social media giant breached a 2011 consent decree by using data provided for security purposes to target users with...more

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Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – June 2020 #19

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In Washington: Congressional leaders will soon name the chair of the coronavirus oversight commission, which was created by the CARES Act to increase transparency and oversight of the coronavirus relief funds.  Retired...more

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Financial Daily Dose 6.26.2020 | Top Story: Federal Reserve Limits Bank Payouts and Suspends Share Buybacks

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The Federal Reserve has “temporarily restricted shareholder payouts by the biggest banks,” preventing stock buybacks and barring increases in dividend payments in the third quarter. ...more

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Financial Daily Dose 6.15.2020 | Top Story: Reopening-Related COVID Surge Pauses Recent Market Rally

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Rising infection rates around the U.S. and the globe are worrying markets, as fear of a second wave of cases linked with the reopening of the economy freaks out traders....more

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Financial Daily Dose 3.25.2020 | Top Story: Markets Jump On New Congressional Stimulus Deal Agreement

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Tuesday was one of those rare Bear Market good days. Renewed optimism about a forthcoming Congressional stimulus deal (including the estimated $2 trillion it encompasses) and more time to digest the Fed’s commitment to...more

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Financial Daily Dose 3.20.2020 | Top Story: Fed Doubles Down on QE Commitment and Markets Hold Steady for a Change

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The Federal Reserve is adding to its commitment to buy government bonds, announcing on Thursday that it would also buy up $150 billion in Treasury securities—all of which confirms the central bank’s commitment to a return of...more

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Financial Daily Dose 2.14.2020 | Top Story: Amazon Wins Injunction of JEDI Cloud-Computing Contract

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In a massive win for Amazon (because, again, Jeff NEEDS it), Court of Federal Claims Judge Patricia Campbell-Smith has granted the company’s motion for an injunction halting Microsoft’s work on the $10 billion cloud-computing...more

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Financial Daily Dose 2.11.2020 | Top Story: DOJ Indicts Four from Chinese Army Over 2017 Equifax Cyberattack

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-The DOJ has announced charges against four members of China’s military related to the 2017 cyberattack on credit-reporting agency Equifax, the breach that revealed “trade secrets and the personal data of about 145 million...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.28.2019 | Top Story: The EU gives Britain flexible 3-month Brexit extension

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The EU has granted the UK another extension for the Brexit process, giving Britain until January 31 to leave (unless its Parliament passes a divorce deal sooner)....more

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The Systemic Importance of Cloud-Based Service Providers to Banks

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US lawmakers urge FSOC to designate cloud-based storage systems used by major banks as systemically important financial market utilities. In an August 22, 2019, letter addressed to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, in his...more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.22.2019 | Top Story: Judge Deems Qualcomm Pricing Behavior Anti-competitive

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N.D. California federal judge Lucy Koh sided with the FTC in its antitrust suit against semiconductor-industry giant Qualcomm, finding that the company “abused its position . . . to harm competition and charge cellphone...more

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Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink have joined JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon and a growing list of other business titans who have withdrawn from Saudi Arabia’s “Davos in the Desert” investment conference...more

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Facebook may have had a difficult day on the Hill. But a 79% rise in Q3 profit—driven, ironically enough, by online ads—should help soften the blow....more

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Unfortunately enough for Deutsche Bank, 2017 isn’t starting off much better than the previous year. The German banking giant has agreed to pay a $425 million fine to NY state authorities (and another $204 million to the UK’s...more

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