China, Export Controls, Innovative Technology

The UK Continues to Expand Its Controls on Emerging Technologies

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 3/25/2025

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

[Podcast] Alumni @ RopesTalk: DeepSeek Deep Dive with Dr. Vasanth Sarathy, Tufts University

Ropes & Gray LLP on 2/27/2025

On this special edition of Ropes & Gray’s Alumni @ RopesTalk podcast series, technology and IP transactions partner Regina Sam Penti is joined by Dr. Vasanth Sarathy, a professor of computer science at Tufts University and a...more

Why the Release of China’s DeepSeek AI Software Triggered a Stock Market Panic and Trillion Dollar Loss

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model on 1/31/2025

DeepSeek, a startup AI company owned by a Chinese hedge fund, which is in turn owned by a young AI whiz-kid, Liang Wenfeng, claims that its newly released V-3 software-R1 was trained inexpensively and without using NVIDIA’s...more

DeepSeek’s Rise Creates Urgency and Uncertainty for President Trump’s AI Agenda — AI: The Washington Report

Mintz - ML Strategies on 1/31/2025

The breakthrough of the Chinese company DeepSeek’s AI model, which rivals leading US AI models but costs a fraction to develop, changes the equation for the Trump administration and calls into question its initial inclination...more

Chip Manufacturer ARM Won’t Sell its Latest Designs in China Due to Export Controls

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 1/6/2023

Chip manufacturer ARM reportedly won’t sell its latest Neoverse V series computer chips to Chinese tech giant Alibaba due to concerns over U.S. and UK export controls on certain classes of powerful chipsets. Among the most...more

Focus on Foreign Access to Technology and Data Continues as CFIUS — and Others — Flex National Security Muscles

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/11/2020

With strengthened legislative mandates and significant regulatory reform in place, the U.S. government’s national security focus on protecting sensitive technology and data continues to gather steam. Although exactly what...more