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Wiley's 2025 Key Trade Developments Series: CFIUS Review and Outbound Investments
Compliance Tip of the Day: Standing at the Turning Point
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Episode 366 -- DOJ Issues Data Security Program Requirements
CHPS Podcast Episode 3: Unlocking America's Mineral Potential
No Password Required: SVP at SpyCloud Labs, Former Army Investigator, and Current Breakfast Champion
Sunday Book Review: April 13, 2025, The Books on Trade and Tariffs Edition
Podcast - The "I" in FOCI and AI: Innovation, Intelligence, Influence
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FINCast Ep. 40 – 21st Century Financial Warfare: Technology, Economy, & National Security
All Things Investigations: Terrorism Designations of Mexican Cartels Fundamentally Enhances Risk for All Companies
Podcast - Reflecting on Careers in National Security Law
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 54 - The Flaws of FARA: Feeble Oversight of Billions in Foreign Influence
Podcast - Navigating Regulatory Challenges in M&A Transactions
Foreign Correspondent: An FDI Podcast | Mapping the National Security Landscape for Investors
Analyzing the Overlap Between CFIUS and FOCI
A Comprehensive Overview of FOCI Mitigation
Podcast - Defense Dynamics: Navigating the Post-Election Landscape for the National Security Sector, Part 2
AI Post-Election – Initial Government Insights
On this episode of the R&G Tech Studio podcast, Ropes & Gray partners and co-leaders of the firm’s AI initiative, Megan Baca and Ed McNicholas, delve into the key implications of President Trump’s new AI Executive Order...more
The Department of Defense (the “DoD”) recently released a new comprehensive guidebook to help navigate intellectual property laws and regulations. The guidebook states: In today’s global military competition, DoD needs to...more
The Department of Defense stands at a critical crossroads in how it processes, authorizes, and utilizes data in operational environments. Despite living in an era of unprecedented information availability, our military...more
The National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB) announced on April 8, 2025, the availability of its final report and action plan, “urging Congressional action to bring the full weight of American innovation...more
“And if you study the history of the world, the nations that are the most military and economically domineer [sic] are the nations that are the most innovative,” Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) remarked at a recent congressional...more
The Trump Administration recently issued a new Executive Order titled "Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base." The directive, announced April 9, 2025, aims to reform the...more
Securing American leadership on artificial intelligence (AI) is a top priority for the Trump Administration. Although changes brought by the Trump Administration are certain to result in regulatory changes across the federal...more
The convergence of industry leaders, venture capitalists, and the Department of Defense at Maxar’s Orbital Edge event during SXSW highlighted the evolving dynamics of space as a domain of innovation and opportunity....more
On January 23, 2025, as one of the first actions of his second term, President Trump signed Executive Order (EO) 14179, “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence,” making good on a campaign promise...more
On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump revoked former President Joe Biden’s executive order related to the utilization of artificial intelligence (“AI”). The now-revoked executive order was originally issued on October...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
As China's significant investments in its commercial space sector have raised concerns about technological competition, the Department of Defense is increasing its efforts to partner with emerging commercial space startups....more
Through Aerospace & Defense Insights, we share with you the top legal and political issues affecting the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry. Our A&D industry team monitors the latest developments to help our clients stay in...more
What Happened? Last week, President Trump signed an Executive Order that rescinded the Biden Administration’s October 2023 Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence....more
Summary - Closely follows the President’s EO rescinding Executive Order 14110 of October 30, 2023 (Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence). Directs the Office of Management and Budget...more
Just before the holidays, incoming Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) released a new report, “Restoring Freedom’s Forge,” along with a comprehensive new piece of legislation, the “Fostering...more
On January 16, 2025, President Joe Biden signed the “Executive Order on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity.” This directive seeks to tackle the increasingly complex and evolving cybersecurity...more
Lieutenant General Philip Garrant, who leads the US Space Force’s Space Systems Command, has reported that military satellite programs are facing disruptions due to supply chain challenges. While these issues were initially...more
While this article is now two years old, the insights shared by Mark Boggett, Managing Director of Seraphim Capital, are more relevant than ever. Space technology is advancing at an unprecedented pace, and its impact on...more
Donald Trump’s election to a second term as president means that Trump will help shape the future of AI at a pivotal moment when AI continues to advance rapidly and the next administration’s policies will affect the future...more
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming industries at an unprecedented pace, but it also introduces complex compliance challenges. While many regions are ramping up their regulatory frameworks to address these risks,...more
Space weather startup Perceptive Space raises USD2.8 million. Canadian startup Perceptive Space is developing new artificial intelligence (AI)-based software to forecast space weather more precisely. The company raised...more
On May 15, the Bipartisan Senate Artificial Intelligence (AI) Working Group (“Working Group”) released a report titled “Driving U.S. Innovation in Artificial Intelligence” that lays out a detailed policy roadmap for...more
On March 15, 2024, the Bipartisan Senate Artificial Intelligence Working Group (the "AI Working Group")—led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and Todd...more
A group of four bipartisan senators known as the Bipartisan Senate Artificial Intelligence (AI) Working Group (Working Group) on May 15, 2024, released "Driving U.S. Innovation in Artificial Intelligence: A Roadmap for...more