The Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/73 published in the Official Journal on 8 January 2026, marks a significant step in implementing the EU Taxonomy. It amends Delegated Regulations (EU) 2021/2178, 2021/2139, and...more
Although a comprehensive national AI law was once anticipated in 2024, China has instead moved towards a patchwork of sectoral rules, technical standards, and operational requirements. As China enters 2026 still without an...more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced the formation of the Standard-Essential Patent (SEP) Working Group, which will report directly to USPTO Director John A. Squires....more
Industries worldwide have worked tirelessly for many years to establish technical standards — consistent norms that ensure products and services meet a baseline of quality, stability, and interoperability. While standards are...more
Standard essential patents (SEPs) play a crucial role in ensuring that technical standards are accessible and implementable across industries. These patents, which are deemed essential to implement particular technical...more
With generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies entering nearly every aspect of human life, it has become ever more urgent for organizations to develop AI systems that are trustworthy and subject to good governance....more
The EU has introduced Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1190, establishing the first harmonized standards for threat-led penetration testing ("TLPT") across the financial sector. The regulation aims to strengthen the cyber...more
Comments on the RFI, due by June 16, present a rare opportunity to shape future technology standards, reporting requirements, and business opportunities....more
Technical standards are industry norms that enable interoperability, promote safety, and create economies of scale. While technical standards are intended to be implemented on a wide scale in the mass consumer market, many...more
Imagine your company designs, manufactures, or sells products that implement commonplace technologies like Wi-Fi, 5G, or video streaming. Did you know you might need a license to incorporate these technologies into your...more
Mexico is on the electric vehicles mandatory-technical-standard (NOM)-creation roll. (“NOM” is the acronym for Normas Oficiales Mexicanas.) Mid-July 2024, the Ministry of Economy published the list of NOMS to be created...more
In American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), et al. v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. (PRO), 82 F.4th 1262 (D.C. Cir. 2023), the plaintiffs, ASTM, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and American Society of...more
Recent comments from the top leadership of both the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) and Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) during a government and defense industry conference last week should give all...more
On 20 December 2022, the European Banking Authority (“EBA”) published the final report on its draft Regulatory Technical Standards on the identification of a group of “connected clients” under Article 4(4) of the Capital...more
On 21 December 2022, ESMA published a final report in relation to draft technical standards for cross-border fund management activities and the cross-border marketing of investment funds within the EEA under the UCITS and...more
Three New Technical Guides Published - Exempt Organizations and Government Entities has published three new Technical Guides (TG). These guides are comprehensive, issue-specific documents....more
The Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Boeing Co. v. Secretary of Air Force, 983 F.3d 1321 (Fed. Cir. 2020), provides some useful clarity on the contents of the restrictive markings and legends that contractors affix to the...more
Most of us, even old-timers, changed the way we practiced law when the Coronavirus pandemic hit. We stopped going to the office (as much), we worked remotely (a lot), and we video-conferenced a whole bunch (before March 13,...more
Under a new Conformity Assessment Procedure issued by the Mexican Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT, as per its acronym in Spanish), effective February 25, 2021, the Certificates of Conformity (CoC) covering telecom...more
Over the last several months, Mexico has made a number of important changes to the rules governing the importation and exportation of certain materials. This article focuses on changes to the rules governing compliance with...more
On 3 September 2020, two regulations were published regarding the detailed disclosure requirements under the Securitisation Regulation (the “Disclosure Technical Standards“). These consist of regulatory technical standards...more
On April 3, 2020, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Fifth Circuit in EEOC v. Vantage Energy Services, Inc., No. 19-20541, clarified its interpretation of the relate-back doctrine for administrative charges. The Fifth Circuit...more
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems have raised concerns in the public—some speculative and some based in contemporary experience. Some of these concerns overlap with concerns about privacy of data, some relate to the...more
MiFIR requires “systematic internalizers” (i.e., firms that The European Securities and Markets Authority has launched a consultation to collect the views of market participants on the pre-trade transparency regime applicable...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has launched a consultation on proposed draft Technical Standards on the provision of investment services and activities in the EU by third-country firms under the Markets in...more