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The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) sweeping new rule on cross-border data transactions is set to take effect in substantial part next month, with broad implications for companies that transfer U.S. personal data or...more
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) released a Final Rule restricting certain transfers of Americans’ sensitive personal data to identified countries of concern or covered individuals. The Final Rule continues to assert the DOJ...more
On February 6, 2025, the Trump Administration released published a Request for Information (RFI) on behalf of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) concerning the development of an Artificial...more
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The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is seeking input on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan being developed by the Administration, in a Request for Information (RFI) published on February...more
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Recent legislation, H.R. 815, the National Security Supplemental (“the Act”) – further explained by guidance issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) on July 22, 2024 – has...more
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