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Holland & Knight LLP

With Change Comes Opportunity: What Recent Intelligence Community Changes Mean for Contractors

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As with other facets of government, the first 60 days of the Trump Administration have brought significant changes and reprioritization to the Intelligence Community (IC). With this change comes opportunity. This Holland &...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New York AG Settles with School App

The New York Attorney General recently entered into an assurance of discontinuance with Saturn Technologies, operator of an app used by high school and college students. The app was designed to be a social media platform that...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

OECD Report on Data Scraping and AI – What Companies Can Do Now as Policymakers Consider the Issues

The power of large language models (LLMs) that enables generative AI derives from vast quantities of data. Much of this data comes from scraping all forms of content from the internet. Despite the benefits, this practice...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Veto of Virginia AI Bill Raises Questions About the Future of State-Level Regulation

On March 24, 2025, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed the High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Developer and Deployer Act (House Bill 2094). The bill, which had passed through the Virginia Legislature in February 2025, would...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Navigating Remaining Risks in the New Crypto and Digital Assets Environment

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A rising tide does not necessarily lift all boats when it comes to increasing compliance in the world of crypto asset investments. In fact, the existence of a bull market or a seemingly friendly regulatory environment can...more

White & Case LLP

AI Watch: Global regulatory tracker - United Kingdom

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The UK prioritizes a flexible framework over comprehensive regulation and emphasizes sector-specific laws. Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (the “AI Regulations”) The UK government's AI Regulation White Paper of...more

Fenwick & West LLP

IP as an Investment Magnet - Why VCs Prioritize Companies with Strong IP Strategies

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Investors in deep tech don’t just evaluate technology—they evaluate defensibility. A company’s IP portfolio is often the difference between getting funded and being passed over....more

Hogan Lovells

Fortifying the Future: Hong Kong’s new cybersecurity laws to protect critical infrastructure

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On 19 March 2025, the Legislative Council (the “LegCo”) passed the Protection of Critical Infrastructure (Computer System) Bill (the “Bill”), which is due to come into effect on 1 January 2026. This is a significant step in...more

Alston & Bird

BIS Update Wrap: Lutnick Signals Dramatic Increase in Export Enforcement

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After three days of informational sessions on multiple regulatory and compliance topics, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) wrapped up its annual update conference this week in Washington D.C.  Secretary of Commerce...more

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European Commission Moves to Extend Free Flows of Personal Data to the UK

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On March 18, 2025, the European Commission proposed to extend its adequacy decision in favor of the United Kingdom (‘UK’) for an additional six-month period. This would allow free flows of personal data from the EU to the UK...more

Venable LLP

The Perils of Procedural Misadventure and Unclear Claim Drafting in Patent Litigation

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On Friday, March 14, 2025, Delaware's own Judge Andrews provided important guidance on key patent issues, relevant to pharmaceutical and technology companies alike: (1) the decisive impact of local patent rules on summary...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Recap of 2024 U.S. Design Patent Drama: Here’s What We Know Now

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In 2024, design patent law encountered a couple of major changes: the implementation of a new design patent bar, and the upending of decades of obviousness law under 35 U.S.C. § 103 in view of the en banc United States Court...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Growth und Hurdle Shares in deutschen Start-ups – Strukturen / Praktische Umsetzung / Empirische Daten

Mit unseren auf Technologietransaktionen spezialisierten Teams in allen wichtigen globalen Märkten begleiten wir zahlreiche deutsche Technologieunternehmen auf ihrem Wachstumspfad. Als eine der führenden Tech-Kanzleien...more

Fenwick & West LLP

A Recent Tax Ruling Has Made ANDA Litigation Less Burdensome for Generics

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In Actavis v. U.S., a case at the intersection of tax law and patent law, the Federal Circuit held that generic drug companies’ Hatch-Waxman litigation expenses are “ordinary and necessary business expenses” and can be...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Minnesota District Court Says Web-Only Businesses Are Subject to Title III of the ADA

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Are web-only businesses subject to Title III? A Minnesota federal court joins the controversy and says yes....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Trump, Crypto and a New Era for IP Protection

The cryptocurrency industry is undergoing a transformative period as the Trump administration adopts a more structured and proactive regulatory approach to digital assets such as Bitcoin. This evolving legal framework not...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

AI News Roundup – U.S. appeals court affirms that wholly AI-generated content is not eligible for copyright protection, OpenAI and...

To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The UK Continues to Expand Its Controls on Emerging Technologies

On 11 March 2025, the Department for Business and Trade through the Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU), issued a notice to exporters providing advance notice of updates to the UK Strategic Export Control Lists, which are...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Federal Circuit: Private Sale by Inventor Does Not Trigger Prior Art Exception Under the AIA

The Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) final written decision holding that the prior art exception of AIA Section 102(b)(2)(B) does not apply to a prior sale by an inventor when the sale is...more

Kilpatrick

Robots Are Coming—But They Still Can’t Register Copyright

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Key Takeaways - Non-human machines cannot be authors under the Copyright Act of 1976....more

MoFo Tech

D.C. Circuit Holds that Works Created Solely by AI are Not Copyrightable

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On March 18, 2025, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the D.C. District Court’s and U.S. Copyright Office’s decisions, holding that a copyrighted work cannot be authored exclusively by an AI system. Computer...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Trump Administration Seeks to Consolidate Government Procurement, Eliminating Duplicative Contract Vehicles

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The Trump Administration’s ongoing effort to rein in government spending continues with the issuance of an Executive Order (EO) aimed at consolidating federal procurement authority in the U.S. General Services Administration...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

2024 Technology and Life Sciences PIPE and RDO Report

Wilson Sonsini's 2024 Technology and Life Sciences PIPE and RDO Report provides an analysis of 205 private investments in public equity (PIPEs) and registered direct offerings (RDOs) by U.S.-based technology and life sciences...more

MoFo Life Sciences

AI Agent as a Service in Medtech: Key Considerations for Commercial Contracts

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the medical technology (“medtech”) and healthcare industries through the integration of advanced AI agents. Unlike traditional AI systems that perform discrete, predefined tasks,...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Corporation Finance Issues Two Unusual Statements Regarding Regulation of Digital Assets

The Division of Corporation Finance (Division) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued two statements regarding whether certain tokens, or arrangements involving tokens, constitute “investment...more

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