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Policy Week in Review – March 6, 2026

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Littler WPI Releases Survey Report on 2025’s Regulatory and Economic Changes on Employers - The first year of the second Trump administration was something of a roller coaster for employers, as rapid-fire policy shifts...more

Mayer Brown

Fundamental Research, National Security, and the Quiet Shift Facing Universities

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Universities and research institutes have long relied on the protections for “fundamental research” under national security laws to enable international collaboration in open science. Through provisions dating back to the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Hospitals + Critical Infrastructure Organizations on Alert During Iran Conflict

The American Hospital Association (AHA) is advising hospitals and healthcare entities to “take precautionary measures in case Iran, its proxies or self-radicalized individuals attempt attacks in the U.S.” during the conflict...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Darktrace Issues Annual Threat Report

Cybersecurity firm Darktrace recently issued its Annual Threat Report, which offered some startling statistics and findings. The Threat Report provides a “comprehensive assessment of the global cyber threat landscape and the...more

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice

MCP Connectors: Legal and Operational Risks

Any time a new technology emerges that includes the ability for an AI model to autonomously “reach out and interact with the world,” legal and operations teams take notice. And rightly so, the legal and operational...more

Phelps Dunbar

Southern District of New York Rules that AI-Generated Documents Are Not Protected By Attorney-Client Privilege

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With the recent emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI), some clients may be asking themselves, ‘Why should I ask a lawyer for legal advice when I can simply ask AI?’ While it is true that AI can be a helpful...more

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice

Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Connectors: A Primer

We all remember the first time we beheld the majestic power of generative AI. It plans vacations! It drafts my emails! It writes my essays! … then you accidentally include “Would you like me to soften the breakup message I...more

K&L Gates LLP

A Closer Look at HHS's RFI on Accelerating the Adoption of AI in Clinical Care

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In this episode, Limo Cherian, Rebecca Schaefer, and Clarita Sullivan break down the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) recent Request for Information on Accelerating the Adoption and Use of Artificial...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Privilege And AI: When AI-Generated Documents Are Not Protected

Two recent US cases have considered whether communications involving AI tools are protected by attorney–client privilege or the work product doctrine. While these decisions arise under US law, the principles – particularly in...more

Sheppard

When AI Answers the Phone: Heartland Dental’s Impact

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A recent Illinois federal court decision shows that when AI listens in on calls, legal questions follow. The putative class action case is Megan Lisota v. Heartland Dental, LLC, et al. It was brought against two entities:...more

Cooley LLP

Comprehensive Online Safety Legislation Comes to the US: How KOSA Is Copying UK, EU and Australian Laws

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The proposed Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is the most significant attempt to overhaul federal online child safety laws since the passage of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act in 1998....more

Alston & Bird

NYDFS Revises Prescriptive FAQs on Multifactor Authentication

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Two months after the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) updated its Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”), which we wrote about here, NYDFS has released updated FAQs on multifactor authentication (“MFA”) that...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

A Compliance Wave is Coming: Data Brokers Brace for DROP Deletion Requests Under the Delete Act

Data brokers are lining up to comply with California’s one-stop deletion tool requirement under the Delete Act, and the numbers signal a major shift in how privacy rights may be exercised and enforced in California starting...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #482 – ShinyHunters Hits Wynn Resorts

ShinyHunters continues to wreak havoc against well-known brands; most recently, Wynn Resorts. Wynn Resorts has confirmed that “an unauthorized third party acquired certain employee data.” It is believed that the threat actor...more

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Do You Waive Privilege by Using AI? Two Federal Courts Say It Depends

In February 2026, two federal courts issued the first rulings addressing whether materials created using publicly available generative AI tools are protected by the attorney-client privilege or the work product doctrine. ...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Government...

SBIR/STTR Programs Revived with Some Notable Changes

The Senate has finally reached an agreement to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research (“SBIR”) and Small Business Technology Transfer (“STTR”) programs after a five‑month lapse and significant uncertainty about...more

9Sail

7 Essential Digital Visibility Tactics Every Law Firm Should Adopt

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Most law firms think they have a digital strategy. What they actually have is a collection of disconnected tactics running on autopilot while competitors eat their lunch....more

Perkins Coie

FTC Signals Renewed Focus on Quantifying Privacy Harms and Benefits

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During the first Trump administration, the Federal Trade Commission hosted a workshop on informational injuries, and on February 26, 2026, the agency revisited the issue in a workshop on “Consumer Injuries and Benefits in the...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Black boxes, white coats and red tape: Regulating the use of AI in drug development

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AI systems are being used throughout the medicines lifecycle to analyse large volumes of data. These systems often rely on complex, opaque model architectures that autonomously train on large data sets, presenting unique...more

Knobbe Martens

Federal Circuit Review | February 2026

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In Range Of Motion Products, LLC v. Armaid Company Inc., Appeal No. 23-2427, the Federal Circuit held that functional aspects of a design must be separated out when analyzing whether an ordinary observer would find two...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Federal Court Rejects Privilege Assertion for AI-Generated Research

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On November 4, 2025, federal agents arrested Bradley Heppner and seized thirty-one AIgenerated documents created for the express purpose of obtaining legal advice. See United States v. Heppner, No. 25-cr-503 (JSR), 2026 WL...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick State Attorneys General Update | March 2026

Recent state AG actions are no longer regulatory background noise, they are shaping how companies can use data, roll out AI, set prices, and structure ESG and DEI programs. Our latest newsletter highlights a series of...more

Goldberg Segalla

Another AI Mining Power Permit, Another Lawsuit

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A little over a month ago, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) approved permits for four new dual-fuel combustion turbines to be used at Georgia Power’s Plant Bowen, a huge coal-fired facility located just a...more

BakerHostetler

Connecticut’s Proposed Revisions to Data Breach Statute

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Connecticut’s attorney general wants “the tea” on your data breaches – even if it means taking matters into their own hands....more

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Janssen Files BPCIA Complaint Against Bio-Thera and Accord Related to Golimumab Biosimilar

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On March 3, Janssen Biotech, Inc. and Janssen Sciences Ireland UC (collectively, “Janssen”) filed a BPCIA complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware against Accord BioPharma, Inc. and Bio-Thera...more

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