Welcome to the March edition of Akin Intelligence. This month, the EU AI Act was approved by the European Parliament, moving one step closer to becoming the first major AI law. In the U.S., the DOJ brought criminal charges...more
4/10/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Commercial Litigation ,
Copyright ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
Healthcare ,
Innovative Technology ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Life Sciences ,
Machine Learning ,
National Security ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
Technology Sector ,
UK
Welcome back to Akin Intelligence: Hot AI Summer Edition! This month’s newsletter reflects the ongoing and increasing global activity around artificial intelligence (AI), including more proposed AI legislation and court...more
8/15/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Cybersecurity ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Innovative Technology ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Machine Learning ,
NIST ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Working Groups
Key Points -
In recent weeks, both policymakers and industry have announced a slew of initiatives to regulate the development and use of artificial intelligence.
Most recently, the White House announced voluntary...more
Welcome back to Akin Intelligence!
May featured major congressional hearings and state action in the United States, calls from industry and lawmakers for artificial intelligence (AI) regulation, and significant...more
On Saturday, June 3, President Biden signed into law the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (H.R. 3746; the “Act”). In addition to suspending the debt limit through January 1, 2025, the Act implements caps on both non-defense...more
On Friday, June 11, lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee, led by Antitrust Subcommittee Chair David Cicilline (D-RI) and Ranking Member Ken Buck (R-CO), unveiled their bipartisan legislative agenda to hold Big Tech...more
In this new episode of OnAir: Health Care, Akin Gump health care senior policy advisor Matthew Hittle and consultant Dr. Mario Ramirez welcome public law and policy partners Ed Pagano and Clete Willems to talk federal health...more
4/16/2021
/ American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ,
Biden Administration ,
Budget Reconciliation ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Infrastructure ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Guidance ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Physicians ,
Public Health ,
Public Policy ,
Vaccinations
The U.S. Citizenship Act, an immigration reform bill supported by President Joe Biden, was unveiled on Feb. 17 by Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Calif.
The bill is a key element of the president's...more
4/6/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
F-1 Visa ,
Foreign Students ,
Foreign Workers ,
Green Cards ,
H-1B ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Undocumented Immigrants
On Thursday, February 4, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, announced the introduction of a sweeping antitrust reform...more
On Thursday, September 17, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) and other Committee Republicans introduced a finalized version of their long-awaited data privacy legislation, which was first unveiled as a...more
9/22/2020
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Transfers ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action ,
Proposed Legislation
Last week the Trump administration released a set of regulatory artificial intelligence (AI) principles to govern the development of AI in the private sector. As private industry and government stakeholders increase their...more
In this episode, Akin Gump public law and policy partner Ed Pagano and senior policy advisor Galen Roehl discuss privacy legislation being considered in the U.S. Congress....more
1/9/2020
/ Connected Items ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Data Subjects Rights ,
Hackers ,
Identity Theft ,
Internet of Things ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Preemption ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Legislation ,
Private Right of Action ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Smart Devices
On Tuesday, November 26, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, introduced the Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act. The bill notably contains a private right...more
• On October 17, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced legislation to establish baseline privacy and cybersecurity protections and issue fines to companies and criminal penalties to senior executives.
• The New Democrat...more
10/23/2019
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fines ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Opt-In ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation
• The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) goes into effect on January 1, 2020. The window of opportunity to pass federal privacy legislation to preempt the CCPA in the 116th Congress is rapidly closing.
• Discussions are...more
9/26/2019
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Preemption ,
Privacy Laws ,
Private Right of Action
Last week, the Trump administration and Congress took additional steps to speed up the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives, increase collaboration with private industry and examine potential applications of...more
6/25/2019
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Executive Orders ,
Government Agencies ,
Legislative Agendas ,
National Security ,
NDAA ,
Popular ,
Private Sector ,
Public Hearing ,
Public Private Partnerships (P3s) ,
Research and Development ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration
Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Rob Portman (R-OH) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) recently introduced the bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA) to organize a coordinated national strategy for developing AI. The...more
There have been several recent announcements from the administration and Congress on artificial intelligence. Some of those highlights include...more
4/4/2019
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biometric Information ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Data Collection ,
Data-Sharing ,
Executive Orders ,
Health Care Providers ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Popular ,
Research and Development ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration
Immigration continues to be a topic of discussion in Washington, and the landscape of immigration law may change, if members of Congress and the Administration can agree on bipartisan solutions. Below you will find a summary...more
3/5/2019
/ Agricultural Workers ,
DACA ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
E-Verify ,
Green Cards ,
H-2A ,
Immigration Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
OMB ,
Temporary Protected Status ,
Trump Administration ,
Visas
With President Trump signing into law the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 this past Friday, Congress established a new bipartisan, bicameral committee with the express goal of improving “the solvency of multiemployer pension...more
As part of the effort to rebrand the party and reconnect with working-class voters who were lost in the presidential election, congressional Democrats revealed a new populist policy agenda, titled “A Better Deal: Better Jobs,...more
9/18/2017
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
GAO ,
Job Creation ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Obama Administration ,
Political Parties ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour