NDAA, Executive Orders, Biden Administration

Report on AI Copyright Issues Delayed, Trump Builds AI Team, and Other December AI Updates — AI: The Washington Report

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints on 1/6/2025

The end of December, especially before a change in administration and a new Congress in January, is a slow time in Washington, DC, but this week, we highlight the few recent AI developments that have come out of our nation’s...more

Commerce Department Proposes Reporting Requirements for Certain Artificial Intelligence Models and Computing Clusters

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 10/3/2024

In a notice published on September 9, 2024, announcing a proposed rule and request for comment (“Proposed Rule”), the U.S. Department of Commerce called for new reporting requirements for the development of certain advanced...more

Holland & Knight Defense Situation Report: November 2023

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/1/2023

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

The Role of National Security in the U.S.-China Battle Over Foreign Direct Investment

Fox Rothschild LLP on 11/2/2023

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

Akin Intelligence - September 2023

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/18/2023

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

Escalation of U.S. Crackdown on Chinese Technology and Telecoms: Emerging Issues

Womble Bond Dickinson on 8/31/2023

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

Outbound Investment Order Adds New Wrinkle to U.S.-China Trade Dispute

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 8/17/2023

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

President Biden Signs Executive Order on Outbound Investment

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 8/16/2023

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

Biden Administration Issues Executive Order and Proposals Targeting Outbound Investment in China

Wiley Rein LLP on 8/16/2023

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

Outbound Investment Restrictions Will Impact Investments in China

BakerHostetler on 8/15/2023

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

Reverse CFIUS is Coming: President Biden Issues Executive Order Addressing Certain Outbound Investments by U.S. Persons

Foley Hoag LLP on 8/11/2023

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

Congress Takes a Step Forward on Outbound Investment

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 7/31/2023

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

All Eyes on China: Upcoming Restrictions on Outbound Investment

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 7/27/2023

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

Will We Ring in the New Year with Outbound Investment Restrictions?

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/21/2022

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

Contracting by Executive Order: Courts and Congress Push Back on Contractors’ Behalf

Wiley Rein LLP on 10/7/2022

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

Energy & Sustainability Washington Update — October 2022

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints on 10/5/2022

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

CHIPS Act: What Companies Need to Know

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 8/30/2022

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

ML Strategies Outlook: Federal Action Post-Dobbs Decision

Mintz - ML Strategies on 7/26/2022

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

Beltway Buzz - July 2022 #3

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/18/2022

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

United States Adopts Wide-Ranging China Restrictions

WilmerHale on 12/29/2021

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

Biden Administration Updates Framework for China-Related Investment Prohibitions and Expands the Scope of Restricted Chinese...

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 6/16/2021

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

Biden Administration Issues 100-Day Supply Chain Report

King & Spalding on 6/14/2021

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

Biden Administration Revises and Expands Restrictions on U.S. Person Investment in Chinese Companies and Releases New List of...

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 6/11/2021

The Biden Administration last week substantially modified restrictions on U.S. person investments in certain Chinese companies, focusing those new restrictions particularly on entities with ties to the Chinese defense or...more

Biden Administration Carries Forward Trump Era Executive Order Scrutinizing Imports And Sales Of Certain Communications Technology...

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/2/2021

On March 22, 2021, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) interim final rule to implement provisions of Executive Order 13873 on Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS) Supply Chain became...more

U.S. Court Blocks Trump-Era Designation Of Xiaomi As A Chinese Military Company And Permits Continued Trading In Its Securities

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/22/2021

On March 12, 2021, a U.S. district court granted a temporary injunction requested by the Hong Kong-listed, Chinese electronics giant, Xiaomi Corporation (“Xiaomi”). The injunction blocks the U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”)...more

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