In this week’s News of Note, Nvidia plans rollout of AI-powered laptop chips, ASML’s EUV breakthrough promises a surge in chip production, and increasing threats from polymorphic malware force shift in cybersecurity strategies…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Science, Computers, & Technology, Transportation
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a significant policy statement announcing that it will not bring enforcement actions under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) against certain website and…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
The world has not yet fully explored the potential of artificial intelligence (AI), and yet another major technological wave is already forming on the horizon: quantum computing…
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/ Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential, Science, Computers, & Technology, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
You scan your face to unlock your smartphone. You use your fingerprint to unlock the password manager on your laptop. You scan your face once again as part of a double authentication process to access your company’s VPN server…
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/ Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
“Let a thousand flowers bloom” used to be Johnson & Johnson’s strategy to generative AI innovation. In short order, nearly 900 projects sprouted across the company. But subsequent internal review revealed that only 10–15% of…
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/ Business Organizations, Science, Computers, & Technology
On September 16, 2025, the European Commission opened a call for evidence to inform a forthcoming “Digital Omnibus” aimed at simplifying and reducing administrative burden across the EU’s data, cybersecurity and AI regulatory…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
The European Accessibility Act (“EAA”) (Directive (EU) 2019/882) introduces new accessibility requirements that will apply to a wide range of products and services when they are accessible in the EU, aiming to enhance access for…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Science, Computers, & Technology
A recent update to EU consumer law will require many businesses selling online to offer a simpler, more accessible way for customers to cancel contracts within the standard 14-day cooling-off period…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, International Law & Trade
In this week’s News of Note, Amazon continues its competition with Starlink by launching another batch of internet satellites, WhatsApp receives a ban by congressional staffers and “the ChatGPT of quantum computing” launches in…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
In this week’s News of Note, Disney and Universal target alleged copyright infringement, OpenAI and Mattel team up to bring artificial intelligence to toymaking and China launches its production of the world’s first non-binary…
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/ Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
After years of contractual entanglements, public disputes and strategic reinvention, Taylor Swift has achieved something few global recording artists have: She now owns the master recordings of her entire musical catalog…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Intellectual Property
Quantum computing (QC) is poised to disrupt cybersecurity in ways that business leaders and legal professionals cannot afford to ignore. But what exactly is quantum computing, why does it pose such a significant threat to…
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/ Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
After a decade of litigation and a pivotal Supreme Court ruling from 2023, the legal battle between Jack Daniel’s and VIP Products has taken yet another turn, this time back in favor of Jack Daniel’s. On remand from the Supreme…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Intellectual Property
Imagine you’re an associate at a consulting firm. You’re surprised to see a new “AI Assist” button appear in your email application one morning. Without any training or guidance from your firm’s IT department, you decide to try…
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/ Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
We recently discussed a number of updates in the world of name, image and likeness (NIL) rights. Among those recent developments was the signing by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp of an executive order that, inter alia, prohibited…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Education Law
