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Director Judy Bruner on Finding the Right Mix of Skills for a Board

Well-run boards are constantly evaluating their own make-up, including the optimal mix of skills and experience among their directors. In an interview with The Informed Board, Judy Bruner discusses the ways in which a variety...more

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AI Agents: Automating Success or Fast-Tracking Corporate Liability?

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Autonomous agents, agentic artificial intelligence (AI), or AI agents seem to be all the rage lately. Most recently, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff was quoted as saying that today’s CEOs will be the last to lead all-human...more

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Key Considerations for Updating 2024 Annual Report Risk Factors

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With the 2025 annual reporting season upon us, public companies should consider potential updates to their risk factors for their Form 10-Ks and 20-Fs in light of recent economic, political, technological, and regulatory...more

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US Federal Regulation of AI Is Likely To Be Lighter, but States May Fill the Void

Key Points - - President-elect Trump appointed David Sacks, a venture capitalist, as the White House AI and crypto czar. - The Trump administration is likely to adopt a light regulatory approach to AI development and...more

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European AI Office Publishes First Draft General-Purpose AI Code of Practice

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In an effort led by industry experts and nearly 1,000 stakeholders, the European Union introduced the first draft of the General-Purpose AI (GPAI) Code of Practice (the Code), an important addition to its regulatory framework...more

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SEC Settlements Signal Increased Scrutiny of Cybersecurity Disclosures

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On October 22, 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC, or Commission) brought settled actions against four publicly traded companies that were downstream victims of the Russia-linked cyberattack on SolarWinds...more

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The Informed Board - November 2024

At what point has a director served too long? What about term limits? A mandatory retirement age? When do a director’s skills become stale? These issues are addressed in this issue of The Informed Board, as well as why proxy...more

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Glass Lewis Voting Policy Changes for 2025: 8 Things to Know

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Recently, Glass Lewis announced the release of its 2025 U.S. Benchmark Policy Guidelines and guidelines for Shareholder Proposals & ESG-Related Issues that apply across markets. Here are 8 things to know about this year’s...more

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UK AI policy developments and where next

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As the EU presses ahead with its implementation of the AI Act, the UK continues to develop its evolutionary approach to AI policy and regulation. As the new Labour Government starts to implement its perspective and ahead of a...more

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SAGE: A Systematic Approach to Data-driven AI Governance

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Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is advancing at an unprecedented rate, increasing in complexity while driving significant innovation across sectors. In response to the rapid development of AI, myriad compliance...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 8, October 2024

Welcome to our eighth 2024 issue of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. Thank you for reading. EU AI Act Tightens Grip on High-Risk AI Systems: Five Critical Questions for U.S. Companies - Why this is...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Navigating the New Cybersecurity Landscape: Key Implications of the EU’s NIS 2 Directive

The deadline for EU countries to transpose the expanded cybersecurity directive, NIS 2, into national law is 17 October 2024, but the implementation status varies significantly from country to country. Some of the member...more

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Developing and Using AI Require Close Monitoring of Risks and Regulations

As AI systems become more complex, companies are increasingly exposed to reputational, financial and legal risks from developing and deploying AI systems that do not function as intended or that yield problematic outcomes....more

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AI Safety: The Role of the Board in Assessing and Managing AI Risk

As AI systems become more complex, companies are increasingly exposed to reputational, financial and legal risk from developing and deploying AI systems that do not function as intended or that yield problematic outcomes. The...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

[Webinar] Innovation Interchange Summit: The Power Of Cross-Industry Insight - May 16th, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm ET

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Powerful ideas emerge when you look at something through a completely different lens. And when two parties come together to share those unique perspectives? That’s when the magic happens. Womble Bond Dickinson’s virtual...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Akin Intelligence - March 2024

Welcome to the March edition of Akin Intelligence. This month, the EU AI Act was approved by the European Parliament, moving one step closer to becoming the first major AI law. In the U.S., the DOJ brought criminal charges...more

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The Informed Board - Winter 2024

The oversight obligations of boards continue to expand. Recent enforcement actions and new laws in areas such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and supply chains create new challenges for boards, as we explain in this...more

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Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter - January 2024

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Welcome to the January 2024 edition of the Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter, a publication containing updates about legal developments in the United States that may be noteworthy to our clients and other leaders in the...more

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China's enforcement trends and developments: a review of data, bribery, and corporate crime issues

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Commercial bribery enforcement also became more active, as the authorities marked the 30th anniversary of the PRC Anti-Unfair Competition Law. The revision of the PRC Anti-Espionage Law raised some concerns about national...more

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AI Insights: Biden Administration Passes Sweeping Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence

On October 30, the U.S. government released its long-awaited, sweeping executive order (the AI EO or Order) on artificial intelligence (AI). The Order directs various U.S. government departments and agencies to evaluate AI...more

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For the General Counsel’s Desk: Managing Enforcement Risks Involving Cookies, Pixels, and Other Tracking Technologies

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Data governance is a mission-critical issue for every company and institution in the United States. GCs face a host of pressing cybersecurity concerns. Triaging them requires time, attention, and a well-rounded strategy...more

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[Webcast Transcript] Don’t Throw the Baby out with the Bathwater: Back to the Basics in AI for eDiscovery

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Editor’s Note: In this insightful transcript from an educational webcast hosted by HaystackID on June 28, 2023, our expert panel discussed the impact of generative AI that is currently dominating the dialogue within the legal...more

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SolarWinds: A Lesson on How Companies Victimized by Data Breaches Can Quickly Become the Target of Litigation and Regulatory...

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In 2020, SolarWinds Corp., a company that provided information technology software to private and government entities, was the victim of a cybersecurity breach. Russian hackers are believed to have slipped malicious code...more

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Cyber Defense: Erin Illman on the 5 Things Every American Business Leader Should Do To Shield Themselves From A Cyberattack

Thank you so much for joining us in this interview series! Before we dig in, our readers would like to get to know you. Can you tell us a bit about how you grew up? I grew up in a small town of about 3,500 in rural North...more

K2 Integrity

Cyber Predictions 2022

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Where We Stand - This year kicks off against the backdrop of the security flaw found in Log4j, a system-logging code library widely used in applications and services across the Internet. In the aftermath of this crisis, a...more

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