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Congressional Democrats Press For Integration of Climate-Related Financial Risks in Insurance Regulation

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On August 12, 2024, three Congressional Democrats (Casten (D-IL); Waters (D-CA); and Senator Whitehouse (D-RI)) sent a letter to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), inquiring as to “the status of the...more

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Pulse on AI + Healthcare: An Introduction to Healthcare AI Innovation in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

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The expansion of artificial intelligence (“AI”) applications in healthcare (“Healthcare AI”) has made recent headlines, from the transformation of clinical diagnostics with increased accuracy, to use of personalized medicine...more

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New Jersey Regulatory Update Part I

It is that time of year for our regulatory update. Parts I and II will discuss proposed and adopted rules from the second half of last year to the first quarter of this year that impact healthcare providers in New Jersey,...more

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President Biden Issues Wide-Ranging Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence

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On 30 October 2023, President Biden issued a long-awaited executive order (EO) on artificial intelligence (AI). The EO itself is available here, and a one-page fact sheet issued by the White House is available here. The...more

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White House AI Order Balances Innovation And Regulation

On Oct. 30, President Joe Biden issued an executive order on safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence. The executive order provides a sprawling list of directives aimed at establishing standards for AI safety...more

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What to Know About the New Artificial Intelligence Executive Order

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President Joe Biden on Oct. 30, 2023, signed an expansive, 111-page Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (EO) in response to the administration's growing concerns...more

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Regulating AI: An Overview of Federal Efforts

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

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Executive Order May Pump the Brakes on Bank M&A

On July 9, 2021, President Biden signed an “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy.” Included within the order is a sweeping recommendation that the Attorney General, in consultation with the heads...more

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Executive Order on Modernizing America’s Water Resource Management and Water Infrastructure

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On October 13, 2020, President Trump issued the Executive Order (EO) on Modernizing America’s Water Resource Management and Water Infrastructure. The goal of the EO is to streamline the management of federal water policy and...more

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White House Issues Executive Order Providing Agencies With Regulatory Enforcement Discretion To Promote Economic Recovery

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The Trump Administration issued its Executive Order on Regulatory Relief to Support Economic Recovery (the “EO”) on May 19, 2020 (Executive Order). The EO seeks to remedy the economic impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic...more

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Will Long-Awaited Changes to NEPA Materially Alter Federal Environmental Reviews?

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On January 10, 2020, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) proposed amendments to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations.  The Proposed Rule would represent the first significant overhaul of...more

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Executive Orders Seek to Limit the Bite of Agency Guidance

On October 9, 2019, President Trump issued two executive orders regarding agency guidance – one focused on the development of new guidance and the other on the appropriate use of guidance in enforcement actions. And EPA is...more

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Recent Executive Orders Take Aim at Informal Agency Guidance

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Earlier this month the Trump Administration issued two executive orders limiting federal agencies’ use of informal guidance documents to regulate conduct. "Informal guidance documents" are generally understood to include...more

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Taking Cues from Justice Department, New Executive Orders Limit Agency Use of Guidance to Establish and Enforce Regulatory Policy

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On October 9, 2019, President Trump signed two executive orders: Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance (Executive Order 13891) (the “Guidance Executive Order”) and Promoting the Rule of Law Through...more

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[Webinar] Health Care and the Internet of Things: New Regulatory Developments - July 25th, 2:00pm EDT

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Please join the Hogan Lovells Communications and FDA practices on Thursday, July 25th for our webinar, Health Care and the Internet of Things: New Regulatory Developments. We will explore new policy initiatives and...more

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To BE or not to BE a GMO (UPDATED)

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On June 11, 2019, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ease rules for...more

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Maine PFAS Tracker - Maine Standards and Proposed Actions (UPDATED)

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Pierce Atwood LLP offers this summary of Maine Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) standards as a convenience in evaluating PFAS and tracking Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) regulatory and Maine...more

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Transformational Artificial Intelligence: Prioritizing AI in Healthcare While Maintaining Legal Compliance

In February 2019, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence,” also known as the American AI Initiative, that aims to increase the use of artificial...more

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The Benefits of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework for the Private Sector

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Organizations of all types are increasingly subject to data theft and loss, whether the asset is customer information, intellectual property, or sensitive company files. The federal government and, thus, its private...more

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US Department of the Treasury: A Financial System That Creates Economic Opportunities—Capital Markets

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In October 2017, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) published a report titled “A Financial System That Creates Economic Opportunities” (Treasury Report). Treasury, under the direction of Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin,...more

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Lead Agencies Need Not (Necessarily) Consider Governor’s Executive Orders When Analyzing Emissions - California Supreme Court...

In a highly anticipated decision, Cleveland National Forest Foundation v. San Diego Association of Governments, the California Supreme Court held recently that an environmental impact report for a regional transportation plan...more

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ABA Critical of HMDA Rule in Comments to Treasury Secretary

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Based on the President’s executive order 13772 on The Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System, the American Bankers Association (ABA) submitted a white paper to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin that...more

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New E.O. Reinforces President Trump's "Buy American" Agenda

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On April 18, 2016, President Donald Trump signed the executive order “Buy American and Hire American” aimed at maximizing the federal government’s use of goods, products, and materials produced in the United States. The E.O....more

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It is Official: Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Rule Comes to an End

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Earlier this week, President Trump put the final nail in the coffin for the former administration’s “blacklisting” rule, officially known as the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Final Rule. The move means federal contractors will...more

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Will President Trump's Regulation Cuts Reduce Ongoing Disclosure for Bond-Financed Projects?

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President Donald Trump on Feb. 3, 2017, signed an executive order entitled "Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System," which directed the Treasury Secretary to consult with financial regulators,...more

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