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How AI Will Impact Compliance Teams’ Work and Staffing

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Artificial intelligence was the dominant technology story of 2025, and will remain so in 2026. For better or worse – or, more likely, for both better and worse at the same time – AI is now seeping into every corner of...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Senators Show Foresight in Latest Quantum Push

Guess who’s back. Back again. Quantum’s back. Tell your friends. For the third time in three years, the duo of Sen. Todd Young [R-IN] and Sen. Dick Durbin [D-IL] have introduced a bill to reauthorize federal funding in the...more

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What C Level Leaders Need to Know About the Seventh Circuit’s Decision in Next Payment Solutions v. CLEAResult: A Business Focused...

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Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a significant decision in Next Payment Solutions, Inc. v. CLEAResult Consulting, Inc., a case that offers important lessons for executives overseeing...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

New York Algorithmic Pricing Law Enacted as Other Jurisdictions Weigh Controls on Price-Setting Technologies

On November 10, 2025, New York’s Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act, N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 349-a, took effect. The act survived a First Amendment challenge, becoming the first enacted statute of its kind....more

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Navigating the New Landscape: Key Trends in Antitrust and FDI Scrutiny for M&A Transactions in 2026

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The global M&A environment is undergoing rapid transformation, driven by evolving regulatory approaches, heightened geopolitical risk, and sector-specific scrutiny. Below, we highlight several critical trends likely to shape...more

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Ransomware: What You Need to Know as Attacks, Regulation and Enforcement Increase

Ransomware attacks continue to evolve in sophistication, disrupting operations and commanding the urgent attention of regulators, law enforcement and government agencies....more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Healthcare technology and compliance: A complex patchwork of laws and regulations

Every day, we see the increasing role of technology in our healthcare world. It wasn’t all that long ago that we began the transition to electronic medical records, and portable devices mostly meant BlackBerries....more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

DOJ Releases Record-Setting Civil Fraud Recovery Statistics and Results…Our Annual Look Behind the Numbers

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On January 16, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released its annual report on civil fraud recoveries (settlements and judgments) for FY2025, along with a press release highlighting DOJ’s civil enforcement efforts....more

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California Eliminates the "Autonomous AI" Defense: What AB 316 Means for AI Deployers

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In 1979, an IBM training manual offered a principle that now reads as prophecy: “A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision.” Nearly five decades later, computers—now...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Moves to Lighten Regulation and Encourage Capital Formation

Under the leadership of Chairman Paul Atkins with a Republican majority on the commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expected to continue on its trajectory toward regulatory reform that marks a pivot...more

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FDA Adapts with the Times on Digital Health: Updated Guidances on General Wellness Products and Clinical Decision Support Software

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On January 6, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) published revised final guidance documents on Clinical Decision Support Software (“Revised CDS Guidance”) and its General Wellness Policy for Low Risk Devices...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

TEMPO pilot enrollment begins: The race for digital health access is on

On January 2, 2026, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began accepting statements of interest for its Technology-Enabled Meaningful Patient Outcomes (TEMPO) pilot, a program designed to accelerate access to digital...more

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False Claims Act Insights: Key Takeaways from DOJ’s Fiscal Year 2025 Cases & Recoveries

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The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced last week that settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) exceeded $6.8 billion in fiscal year 2025—a record-breaking figure and the highest in a single year...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

AI Adoption: Should I Replace My Business Partners With a New Premium ChatGPT Subscription in 2026?

The use of AI has been a boon for business owners, because it enables them to analyze large amounts of data quickly and inexpensively, which accelerates their decision-making process without the need to consult others....more

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Weekly Blockchain Blog – January 2026 #2

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Crypto Custody Provider Announces IPO, Bank Launches Tokenized Deposits - In a recent press release, BitGo Holdings, Inc., a digital asset infrastructure company, “announced the launch of its initial public offering of...more

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Navigating the Emerging Federal-State AI Showdown: DOJ Establishes AI Litigation Task Force

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Since returning to office in January 2025, the Trump administration has taken steps to shift federal AI policy away from the regulatory approach adopted by the Biden administration....more

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Where Investor–Founder Alignment Actually Breaks Down in Life Sciences Deals

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At the outset of life sciences transactions, there is usually a strong sense of alignment. Founders and investors tend to agree on the importance of discipline, focus, capital efficiency, and long-term value. That was evident...more

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UK FCA To Host Stablecoin Sprint And Trade Payments Roundtable

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced the launch of a two-day stablecoin tech-sprint. The sprint, taking place on 4-5 March, will explore the use cases for stablecoins in domestic and international payments,...more

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FDA's Guidance on the Use of Real-World Evidence for Medical Devices

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Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a guidance document entitled Use of Real-World Evidence to Support Regulatory Decision-Making for Medical Devices. The guidance outlines the FDA’s current thinking...more

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Privacy and Cybersecurity 2025–2026: Insights, challenges, and trends ahead

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As organizations across the country adapt to an ever-changing digital environment, 2025 brought a wave of important updates in data privacy and cybersecurity at both the federal and state levels. New and amended state laws,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Corporate Fraud and Institutional Liability in the Age of Deepfakes

When discussing the litigation challenges deepfake technology poses, one typically thinks of difficulties protecting individual privacy rights, complications prosecuting anonymous actors, the lack of law regulating deepfake...more

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EU Cyber Resilience Act: Key 2026 milestones toward CRA compliance

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The EU Cyber Resilience Act (“CRA”) establishes mandatory cybersecurity requirements for most hardware and software products made available on the EU market. While the CRA's date of full application (11 December 2027) is...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Data Localization and the Sovereign Cloud: EU Cloud Regulations Explained

Scrutiny of European Union's dependence on non-European cloud services is intensifying amid geopolitical tensions and rising cyber risk. U.S. hyperscalers control more than 70% of the EU cloud market, while European...more

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Year in Review: Top Legal Developments of 2025

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This past year contained a number of significant developments in litigation involving biologics and biosimilars. The following is a recap of the top three legal developments that we covered on the Big Molecule Watch last...more

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"New Year, New You*! (* – Privacy Laws)

What Businesses Need to Know - Contrary to the expectations of many in the privacy field, no new state-level data privacy laws were passed in 2025. As we enter 2026, however, several laws that were passed in 2024, along...more

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