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AI Around the Globe: What to Know in 2024
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Business Better Podcast Episode: An Update on Environmental Justice Under the Biden Administration
#WorkforceWednesday: FTC Proposes Ban on Non-Competes - Employment Law This Week® - Spilling Secrets Podcast
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DE Under 3: New Data Collection Burdens, NLRB’s Ruling Regarding Union Election Dismissals, and OMB’s Tech Modernization Fund
The Labor Law Insider: Project Labor Agreements Part II
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Crypto Markets Expand as Biden Calls for All-of-Government Approach to Regs
DE Under 3: EEO-1 Survey Closure Date, Non-Binary Reporting Updates, and Government Agency Equity Plans
#WorkforceWednesday: Non-Compete Compliance, New Requirements for Plan Sponsors, Get Ahead on Anti-Harassment Training - Employment Law This Week®
Congressional and Federal Agency Action Following Executive Order on Digital Assets Policy
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Welcome to Holland & Knight's monthly defense news update. We are excited to bring you the latest in defense policy, regulatory updates and other significant developments....more
As the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has emerged as a major economic power and competitor, the U.S. has leaned heavily on and enhanced its foreign direct investment regime over recent years to protect its national security...more
Secretary Raimondo announced that the United States will not be compromising with China on “matters of national security” in response to calls to reconsider the recent Executive Order directing the Department of Treasury to...more
Welcome to the September edition of Akin Intelligence. As the U.S. Congress reconvenes after the August recess, we continue to see bipartisan interest in artificial intelligence (AI) regulation. In the executive branch,...more
In recent years, the U.S. has pursued a whole-of-government approach to target Chinese technology and service providers in furtherance of foreign policy and national security objectives....more
The U.S. Government has long made clear its desire to restrict certain outbound U.S. investments, but it was unclear whether a restriction would come through executive or legislative action. Last week, we received an answer —...more
On Aug. 9, 2023, President Biden signed an executive order (EO) that creates a policy to report and, in some cases, restrict outbound investments in national security technologies and products from the United States into...more
Key Points - On August 9, 2023, President Biden issued a long-anticipated Executive Order on outbound investment aimed at addressing concerns related to China’s advancement in sensitive technologies critical for military,...more
After much anticipation, on August 9, 2023, the Biden Administration released an Executive Order (E.O.) outlining how the U.S. Government will begin to regulate U.S. investments in the People’s Republic of China. This E.O.,...more
On August 9, 2023, the President issued a widely anticipated executive order ("EO") establishing the framework for a U.S. outbound investment program to address threats to U.S. national security created by certain...more
On August 9, 2023, President Biden issued an Executive Order (E.O.) addressing certain outbound investments by U.S. persons in certain sensitive or advanced technologies or products involving certain “countries of concern.”...more
This first part of a two-part series on U.S. regulation of artificial intelligence systems provides an overview and modern context for the existing regulatory, legal and risk management landscape for AI systems in the U.S.,...more
The U.S. government continues to move closer to establishing a regulatory program related to outbound investment—and potentially a range of other transactions—in sensitive technology sectors involving China, Russia and other...more
If implemented by the U.S. government, the restrictions would regulate certain outbound investments by U.S. persons in countries of concern such as China. The regulations may be established by an executive order,...more
The National Defense Authorization Act of 2023 includes a short but interesting provision reminding the Department of Defense (DoD) that the unilateral insertion of a new clause in a DoD contract is a change that may entitle...more
As we close out a wild year for international trade regulation, after hearing much talk about outbound investment review mechanisms, we may see a final dramatic change before the ball drops...more
Federal contractors are all too familiar with having new requirements imposed through executive orders, which often direct the creation of new Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses to be inserted into government...more
Rollout of IRA Clean Energy Provisions Continues - As reported in last month’s Washington Energy & Sustainability Update, implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), including its clean energy provisions,...more
On August 9, 2022, President Biden signed into law the highly anticipated CHIPS Act of 2022 (the “CHIPS Act”). Presented as being crucial to ensuring U.S. leadership in global chip production and technical capability against...more
On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. This ruling overturned Roe v. Wade, which held that women had a fundamental right to an abortion. Since the Dobbs...more
EEOC Updates COVID-19 Guidance. On July 12, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission updated its COVID-19 guidance as it relates to the testing of employees in the workplace. Since the start of the pandemic, the...more
End-of-Year Sanctions Target Chinese Supply Chains and AI, Quantum Computing, and Biotechnology - Several US executive branch agencies and the US Congress have adopted wide-ranging end-of-year sanctions, export control and...more
In February 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14017, “Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains” (discussed here), requiring (among other things) a report within 100-days requiring key government agencies to...more
E.O. 14032 signals that the Biden Administration will continue to restrict U.S. investments into China’s defense and surveillance technology sectors. The prior Administration’s November 2020 Executive Order (E.O.) 13959...more
Industry-Specific Primer – Semiconductor Manufacturing And Advanced Packaging - On June 8, 2021, the Biden Administration issued the reports mandated by the Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains (the “America’s Supply...more