Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 69 - Human Intelligence vs. Machine Judgment with Nigel Morris-Cotterill and Patrick Dransfield
Early Returns Podcast - Oliver Roberts: AI and the Law, and an Education
AI Legislation: The Statewide Spotlight - Regulatory Oversight Podcast
AI Legislation: The Statewide Spotlight — The Consumer Finance Podcast
AI in Employment: Navigating the Legal Landscape with Lessons from I, Robot — The Good Bot Podcast
5 Key Takeaways | Artificial Intelligence: What Tax Professionals Need to Know
The FinReg Frontier: AI and Machine Learning in Consumer Finance — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Key Discovery Points: AI Says AI Will Replace Paralegals… But Not So Fast!
AI Discrimination and Emerging Best Practices – Part 2 - The Good Bot Podcast
Podcast - Decoding the Future of AI Regulation and Frontier Models
A Conversation with Alexandra Johnson, CEO/Co-Founder of Rubber Ducky Labs, AI Recommender Systems Pioneer
AI Discrimination and Emerging Best Practices – Part 1 — The Good Bot Podcast
Dan Rudoy Examines the Impact of AI on IP Strategy
Seeing into the Future: Moving Beyond AI to Visual Intelligence with Oculi CEO Charbel Rizk
A Brief Overview of Colorado’s Recently Enacted AI Law
Spotlight on Lightmatter, the Photonic (Super) Computing Company Ready to Power the AI Revolution
Podcast - Part 2: An FTC Official Speaks About the Regulation of AI Technology
A Deep Dive into HUD's New Guidance on AI-Driven Targeted Advertising — The Consumer Finance Podcast
[Webinar] AI and Data Privacy: Minimizing Risk and Maximizing Opportunity
AD Nauseam: AI – We Had to Discuss it Eventually – Part 2
On April 24, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized a Decision and Order against an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Company (the "Company"), alleging that it made false and unsubstantiated claims about its AI Content...more
There were a number of significant developments in antitrust law in 2024, including some major wins for the government in merger enforcement, increased focus on competition concerns related to algorithmic pricing, and...more
Both the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division have focused their sights on big technology companies. Understanding the precedents set by these suits is critical for clients...more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more
With the bipartisan, bicameral proposed American Privacy Rights Act of 2024, the U.S. Congress seeks to adopt the first national personal data privacy and security law that would preempt comprehensive state privacy laws....more
The chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and the chair of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), released a discussion...more
On March 28, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a Privacy and Data Security Update, highlighting the FTC’s activities in recent years through December 2023. The FTC underscored its work on issues related to...more
The FTC published guidance warning companies that “[i]t may be unfair or deceptive for a company to adopt more permissive data practices—for example, to start sharing consumers’ data with third parties or using that data for...more
The upcoming year will continue to hold challenges for data privacy programs. The Quarles Privacy Week 2024 programming from this week has provided an overview of the upcoming issues and challenges that are on the horizon....more
Welcome to this week’s issue of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and its government affairs affiliate, ML Strategies. On January 9, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) published...more
The accelerating advances in artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the practical, legal, and policy issues AI creates have exponentially increased the federal government’s interest in AI and its implications. In these weekly...more
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems like ChatGPT and Google’s Bard have been widely successful and used in applications ranging from science, law, art, business, and even medicine. Generative AI has been called a...more
The buzz around generative AI has raised many IP-related questions, such as the legality of using IP to train AI algorithms or ownership of AI-generated content. But the FTC warns that claims about content ownership don’t...more
The last webinar in our series concerned AI and government enforcement. Companies are currently gauging how government will focus enforcement efforts in this new, emerging area by looking to a few guideposts. The first is...more
In Topkins, discussed in Part I, the defendants had already entered their unlawful agreement—algorithms were a tool to implement the agreement. The more vexing question facing antitrust enforcers is the issue of tacit...more
The rapid rise of AI used with advertising, marketing and other consumer facing applications has caused the FTC to continue to take notice and issues guidance. For example, the FTC is concerned about false or unsubstantiated...more
Why is bias in AI an issue? One reason: A natural human fear of trusting AI’s vaunted omniscience, whether for individuals or groups. AI is a blessing for business and big data analysis of every kind, the support of...more
The Biden administration's new Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights to enhance protections for Americans elevates recent federal regulatory and enforcement actions related to consumer protection, financial services, and...more
The FTC launched a detailed notice of proposed rulemaking on August 11, 2022 regarding commercial surveillance and data security. The commission also released a fact sheet on commercial surveillance....more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) now has a full slate of Commissioners with the confirmation and swearing-in of Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya, who brings an extensive background in privacy issues....more
Employers’ use of artificial intelligence in assessing job applicants and employees has increased rapidly throughout the last decade. These tools are used in a variety of contexts, such as making hiring decisions,...more
Regulatory Announcements- CFPB Releases Guidance on ECOA Requirements for Algorithmic Credit-Related Decisions. On May 26, the CFPB published a Consumer Financial Protection Circular addressing creditors’ requirements...more
The success of an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm depends in large part upon trust, yet many AI technologies function as opaque ‘black boxes.’ Indeed, some are intentionally designed that way. This charts a mistaken...more
Automated and algorithmic decision-making tools have become run-of-the-mill in everything from loan and apartment applications to employment searches and university acceptances. Such tools provide increased efficiency,...more
As we look to 2022, a question on many companies’ minds is what actions we will see from the FTC. Two recent developments are important on that front. First, the FTC recently signaled its intent to initiate rulemaking on...more