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NIS2 directive explained: Part 1 - Main establishment rules

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Introduction - The NIS2 Directive marks a significant evolution in the European Union’s approach to cybersecurity, introducing more stringent requirements and expanding the scope of covered sectors to address emerging...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

CMMC Day and a Break in the Senate Logjam

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After a Senate vote on Sunday evening, Congress appears closer to ending the record-setting government shutdown. The Senate advanced a funding package that includes appropriations for military construction and calls for the...more

Thompson Coburn LLP

Data Centers a Driving Force Behind Bipartisan Permitting Reform

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Even as partisan rifts define Washington, lawmakers have found a rare motivator for bipartisan collaboration: data centers. Lawmakers from both parties believe the proliferation of data centers and development of the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

How AI Could Revolutionize the Construction Industry

Artificial intelligence (AI) and its actual and potential applications are a hot topic, including use in construction. One court has defined AI "as any technology that uses machine learning, natural language processing, or...more

Bracewell LLP

Google Agrees to $1.375 Billion Settlement as Texas Attorney General Continues Data Privacy Push

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On October 31, 2025, the Office of the Texas Attorney General announced the execution of a $1.375 billion settlement agreement with Google regarding privacy claims originating from two lawsuits filed by Texas against Google...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Dr. Thaler Is Right, in Part

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When Dr. Stephen Thaler asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider the human authorship requirement for copyright protection last month, many observers dismissed the effort. Thaler’s claim—that his generative AI system should...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

FDA Considers Drug Pricing: Leadership Cites Consumer Cost as a Driver for Changes to Biosimilar Recommendations

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“By streamlining the biosimilar development process and helping advance interchangeability, we can achieve massive cost reductions for advanced treatments for cancer, autoimmune diseases, and rare disorders affecting millions...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB Inspector General says bureau’s information security program is ineffective

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The quality of the CFPB’s information security program “has decreased since last year, leading us to conclude the program no longer is effective,” the bureau’s Inspector General (IG), said in a report. The bureau’s overall...more

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Massachusetts Reconsiders Nuclear Energy in Its Clean Power Mix

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Massachusetts has long been recognized as a leader in innovation, from biotechnology to green steel, and continues to explore a wide range of solutions to meet its clean-energy and climate goals. As the Commonwealth works...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The EU AI Act 6 Steps to Take Before 2 August 2026

The EU AI Act’s provisions have started to apply, including those relating to prohibited AI systems and general-purpose AI models (GPAIM). The bulk of the remaining obligations take effect on 2 August 2026, and authorities...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Update from the Clearing House Annual Conference: Regulatory Shifts, AI in Focus, and Leadership Lessons from Eli Manning

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The Clearing House conference was insightful as always.  Here are our main takeaways.  Preemption remains alive and well-at least at the OCC....more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

In Re OpenAI Inc., Copyright Infringement Litigation

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District court denies motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ claim of direct copyright infringement based on AI outputs, holding that plaintiffs adequately pled that defendant OpenAI actually copied plaintiffs’ text and that...more

Mayer Brown

The EU Digital Markets Act Two Years On – A Ship in a Storm With Chances to Ride the Waves?

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When the EU Digital Markets Act (“DMA”) became applicable in May 2023, the European Commission (“Commission”) promised it would be a game changing set of new rules, “one of the centrepieces of the European digital strategy”...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB’s Inspector General Downgrades Bureau’s Information Security Program, Issues New Recommendations in Annual Audit

On October 31, the Fed’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) released its annual Federal Information Security Modernization Act audit of the CFPB’s information security program, concluding the program’s maturity level declined...more

Morgan Lewis

New York Bans Algorithmic Rent-Setting Tools, Signaling Heightened State Antitrust Enforcement

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed Senate Bill S.7882 into law, making New York the first state to prohibit the use of algorithmic pricing tools in residential rent setting. With the enactment of S.7882, New York...more

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice

Quantum‑as‑a‑Service: Contracting for the Next Wave of Cloud Computing

Quantum-as-a-Service (QaaS) has moved from lab curiosity to real-world adoption. The inflection point isn’t that enterprises will own quantum computers anytime soon; it’s that usable quantum capacity is becoming accessible...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Regulation 2026: Canada

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Government attitude and definition - As in many countries, the regulation of cryptocurrencies in Canada is divided among various levels of government and administrative agencies, depending on the nature of the activity...more

Alston & Bird

Comparative Efficacy Studies Are No Longer the Default Requirement for Biosimilars

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Our FDA: Drug & Device Team examines the FDA’s new draft guidance that allows biosimilar developers to rely more on analytical and pharmacokinetic data, reducing the need for costly and time-consuming comparative efficacy...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

The AI Advantage in Discovery: How AI is Already Driving Efficiency and Defensibility

Artificial intelligence is no longer an emerging concept in e-discovery—it’s a working reality. Every day, legal and compliance teams are using AI to search smarter, classify faster, and review with greater precision. Yet...more

Alston & Bird

Navigating Minors’ Privacy and Online Safety Laws: A Strategic Guide for Businesses

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Recent bipartisan privacy and online safety initiatives reflect growing concern over youth mental health, online exploitation, and manipulative digital design. Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team outlines how companies...more

Secretariat

Quality Considerations in the Economic Analysis of Market Definition

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In Antitrust analysis in the United States, the Small but Significant Non-Transitory Increase in Price (“SSNIP”) test is often a key component of market definition analysis, whether performed quantitatively or qualitatively. ...more

McDermott+

McDermott+ Check-Up: November 7, 2025

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Government shutdown breaks record. As the shutdown passed the 35-day record, negotiations to reopen the government continued....more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

GA Tech ‘Worked Hard to Educate’ DOJ; At $875K, FCA Amount Is Surprisingly Small

Three years after two Georgia Tech cybersecurity officials filed suit claiming the institution had fabricated scores submitted to the Department of Defense (DOD) regarding its safeguards for federal research projects, the...more

Dickinson Wright

Preparing for CMMC: Navigating DoD’s New Cybersecurity Rules

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After half a decade of development and review, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) will implement contracting regulations, effective November 10, 2025, making the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program a...more

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EDPB and European Commission Issue Joint Guidelines on Intersection of DMA and GDPR

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On October 9, 2025, the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") and the European Commission issued (for public consultation) joint guidelines clarifying how the EU’s Digital Markets Act ("DMA") and General Data Protection...more

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