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Episode 89 -- DOJ Issues New Guidance on Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs
Welcome to the latest edition of the Fenwick Securities Law Update. This issue contains updates and important reminders on...more
On November 12, 2024, the DOJ Antitrust Division updated its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Investigations (ECCP), which was initially issued in 2019. The ECCP provides guidance to...more
On October 17, 2024, the DPA of Baden-Wuerttemberg (LfDI) updated its discussion paper on the legal bases for processing personal data in relation to artificial intelligence (AI) (the Paper). The Paper emphasises the...more
Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published updated guidance detailing the principles and practices employers can implement to maximize the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace while safeguarding...more
Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) quietly updated its March 2023 guidance on the evaluation of corporate compliance programs. Of course, DOJ did not conduct a major rewrite, but interestingly, the updated...more
Contractors interested in offering federal agencies artificial intelligence (AI) can now glean insight into how agencies are expected to conduct AI acquisitions. On September 24, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget...more
The recent surge of accessible generative AI (“GenAI”) tools has kept attorneys, particularly those in the intellectual property, technology, data privacy, and cybersecurity spaces, on their toes. Within the intellectual...more
On September 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released updates to its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (“ECCP”) guidance. In a move that surprised no one (especially if companies have been reading...more
On September 23, 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) updated its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs guidance (ECCP). Changes to the ECCP build on themes that the DOJ has been emphasizing for some time, including...more
On July 26, NIST released a final version of its Generative Artificial Intelligence Profile (GenAI Profile), a cross-sectoral profile of and companion to the AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) (for further detail on the AI...more
On July 7, the Senate passed a resolution “[r]ecognizing the importance of trademarks in the economy and the role of trademarks in protecting consumer safety, by designating the month of July as ‘National Anti-Counterfeiting...more
On July 16, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued new guidance on the patentability of AI-related inventions. Although the USPTO emphasized that its guidance does not change the law of 35 U.S.C....more
On July 12, 2024, the European Union published the language of its much-anticipated Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), which is the world’s first comprehensive legislation regulating the growing use of artificial...more
On July 17, the USPTO published an update to the patent eligibility guidance and added three new examples to aid practitioners and examiners in determining whether a claimed invention is eligible subject matter under Section...more
Recognizing a need for clarity in evaluating patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 for critical and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) innovations, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)...more
As required by President Biden's Executive Order 14110 ("Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence"), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has published an update to its subject matter...more
Federal and state agencies continue to remain active this year, particularly with regard to laws that impact healthcare technology. As part of our ongoing efforts to track health technology-related legislation and...more
On February 13, the USPTO issued inventorship guidance for AI-assisted innovations. The guidance, effective as of February 13, 2024, emphasizes that AI-assisted inventions are not categorically unpatentable and the...more
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer just a buzzword, but a reality that is firmly on the radar of regulators and regulated firms in the US and UK. Recently, considerable investment into this area has prompted...more
The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“DCWP”) has released its highly anticipated FAQs, providing additional guidance to employers seeking to comply with Local Law 144. As we discussed here and...more
All companies—big and small—are collecting a tsunami of data. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has now challenged corporate America to harness and analyze that data to improve corporate compliance programs by going beyond...more
Federal Regulation Actions Frozen Pending Review from New Administration - On January 20, 2021, newly inaugurated President Joe Biden issued a memorandum to the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies asking current...more