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Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Surveillance Pricing: A Burgeoning Privacy Issue

Key Takeaways - Surveillance pricing is emerging as a frontline privacy and consumer protection issue. Regulators are scrutinizing how businesses use personal data to set individualized prices, raising risk under laws like...more

Alston & Bird

The Opportunity of TEMPO and ACCESS for Digital Health Device Manufacturers

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are offering digital health device manufacturers a combination of a new pathway to market and a payment system. Our FDA: Drug & Device...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FDIC extends comment period on proposed requirements for banks seeking to issue stablecoins under GENIUS Act

On February 6, the FDIC announced a 90-day extension of the comment period for an NPRM, which would establish application procedures under the GENIUS Act for FDIC-supervised state nonmember banks and state savings...more

Patomak Global Partners

Regulatory Key Non-Financial Focus Areas: Financial Crimes, Fintechs, Digital Assets and AI

Against the backdrop of deregulation, we expect regulators to continue to focus on financial crimes as well as fintech partnerships, digital assets, and artificial intelligence (AI)....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Regulation of cryptoassets in the UK reaches the final stage

On 15 December 2025, the UK Government published the final text of the secondary legislation (and accompanying explanatory memorandum) that brings cryptoassets activities within the scope of the UK regulatory perimeter....more

Kilpatrick

South Carolina’s New Age-Appropriate Code Design Act Signed into Law with Immediate Effect

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South Carolina’s Age-Appropriate Code Design Act (the “Act”) was signed into law with immediate effect on February 5, 2026, with no time for covered online services to develop the mechanisms to ensure compliance with the Act....more

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Compliance Trends in Europe – What Do You Need to Watch?

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Companies face severe fines, increased regulatory scrutiny and significant compliance obligations under a raft of European Union (EU) and national legislation that has either recently come into force or which will take effect...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Method steps must be done in order where there is logical dependency

In a second appeal, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s summary judgment of noninfringement based on an implicit ordering of steps in a method claim after disagreeing with the lower...more

K&L Gates LLP

Litigation Minute: Is AI-Generated Content Discoverable? What Companies Need to Know in 2026

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Artificial intelligence tools are rapidly reshaping how ESI is created and stored, particularly with respect to content generated by large language models. As companies adopt generative AI (GenAI) tools for drafting,...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Austrian Academy of Sciences Publishes NanoTrust Dossier on OELs for Nanomaterials

In January 2026, the Institute of Technology Assessment of the Austrian Academy of Sciences published a NanoTrust Dossier entitled “Occupational Exposure Limits for Nanomaterials.” ...more

Kilpatrick

Proposed Fee Transparency Rules and New Legislation for Group Health Plan PBMs

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President Trump’s April 15, 2025, Executive Order on lowering the cost of prescription drug pricing, among other things, directed the Department of Labor (DOL) to propose regulations to improve the transparency of fees and...more

Hogan Lovells

AI and patents: UK Supreme Court adopts EPO approach to patentability for computer-related inventions

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Yesterday, in the Emotional Perception appeal, the UK Supreme Court has replaced the Aerotel test for patentability with the “any hardware” approach used by the EPO (as approved by the Enlarged Board of Appeal in G1/19),...more

Holland & Knight LLP

SFC amplía el plazo para que entidades en Colombia se ajusten al marco de las finanzas abiertas

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La Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia (SFC) publicó el 3 de febrero de 2026, la Circular Externa 001 de 2026 por medio de la cual se amplía el plazo que inicialmente se había otorgado a las entidades sometidas a la...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

TRAIN Act targets transparency in generative AI training practices

Representatives Madeleine Dean (D-PA) and Nathaniel Moran (R-TX) introduced a bipartisan bill entitled the Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks (TRAIN) Act in the US House of Representatives....more

Cooley LLP

Drafting Risk Factors in a New AI Era

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During Northwestern’s “Securities Regulation Institute,” there was an interesting discussion about whether AI tools supplant the need for the summary of risk factors placed in SEC filings because investors can easily...more

Offit Kurman

When the Chicken Does Come Before the Egg: The Taxpayer-Friendly Takeaways from George v. Commissioner, Plus a Few ‘Egg-cellent’...

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Some tax court opinions are dry. Others are dense. And then there are the rare decisions where the court clearly enjoyed the assignment. George v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2026-10 falls squarely in the third category....more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Selling Your AI Digital Twin - The Brave New World Of Identity-Led IP Transactions: The Khaby Lame Deal Analysed

The reported US$975 million Khaby Lame transaction marks a genuinely new development in intellectual property (IP) transactions. The asset being commercialised does not fit neatly within the traditionally recognised...more

DLA Piper

SEC Issues Guidance On Tokenized Securities And Related Developments

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a joint statement on January 28, 2026 clarifying the application of federal securities laws to tokenized securities. This statement, published through the SEC’s...more

Fisher Phillips

After Apple: What Online Businesses Need to Know About Privacy Expectations After Recent Court Decision

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A recent federal court decision from California in In re Apple Data Privacy Litigation reflects an evolving judicial approach to how courts will define the boundaries of privacy in a platform-driven world. The January 20...more

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A.I. Documents Deemed Not Privileged

In AI Docs Sent By Exec To Attys Not Privileged, Judge Says – Law360 (Feb. 10, 2026), Pete Brush reported a bench ruling holding that “a Texas financial services executive accused of a $150 million fraud cannot claim...more

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[Webinar] Gen AI in e-Discovery: How to Test, Trust, and Thrive in a New AI Era - February 25th, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm PST

Experts discuss trust in AI for e‑discovery, covering validation, defensibility and accountability Join us as we team up with Relativity - one of our ACEDS ANZ Sponsors - for this eseential discussion on Gen AI in...more

Fisher Phillips

What Responsible AI Use Means for Employers: 4 Takeaways from FP’s Recent Capitol Hill Testimony

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Efforts on Capitol Hill to rein in artificial intelligence technology would be like taking a wiffle ball bat to a tidal wave. That’s the message Dave Walton, partner at Fisher Phillips and Co-Chair of the firm’s AI, Data, and...more

Irwin IP LLP

Director of USPTO Reopens the Door to Design Patent IPRs

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Top Glory Trading Group Inc. and DP Dream Pairs Inc. v. Cole Haan LLC, IPR2025-01395 (P.T.A.B January 12, 2026) - A recent decision by United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) Director Squires may signal renewed...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Surge in Ransomware Incidents Prompts Federal Cybersecurity Guidance and Enforcement Across Sectors

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is the latest federal agency to signal it is monitoring companies’ cybersecurity practices and their susceptibility to cyber-attacks. ...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

From Fax Machines to Phishing: Why Cybersecurity Is Now a 401(k) Fiduciary Duty

When I started back in the 401(k) business in 1998, everything was done by paper and telephone. Distribution requests were mailed or faxed. Investment changes were taken over the phone. Beneficiary designations were signed in...more

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