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Data centers in the U.S. face complex environmental regulations and challenges, particularly as the industry rapidly expands to support...
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The UK government has responded to a recent report issued by the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee in April 2025, which...
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On July 2, the Commission published its long-awaited strategy to make Europe a global leader in life sciences by 2030. The strategy...
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A major milestone in the implementation of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) is approaching. Under Article 85(3)(a), a suite of...
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Copyright lawsuits relating to artificial intelligence are increasing, and courts are weighing in. In a recent federal copyright suit in...
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On Thursday, the House passed H.R. 1: the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” Consistent with President Trump's executive order aimed at...
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This week, the Department of Commerce announced that it was rescinding and would not enforce the Biden-era AI diffusion rule that was set...
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In early 2025, two attorneys—Rafael Ramirez (Mid Central Operating Engineers Health and Welfare Fund v. Hoosiervac LLC) and Norman Pattis...
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Virginia's High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Developer and Deployer Act (HB2094), passed in February, would have regulated AI in the...
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Like it or not, we have all been thrust into the age of artificial intelligence (AI). Personally, I am optimistic that the benefits of AI...
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UK technology secretary Peter Kyle has acknowledged enormous pushback from the creative industries to the text and data mining exception...
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The DC Circuit's Thaler v. Perlmutter decision primarily considered one question: Can a non-human machine be an author under the...
The European Commission (EC) has recently issued guidelines (“Guidelines”) on the definition of an AI system, as mandated by Article...
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As technology continues to reshape the legal industry, the judiciary is no exception. The Sedona Conference Journal article, Navigating...
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On February 20, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced the creation of the Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit...
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First of all, it looks like good news: The EU Commission gave up on the ePrivacy Regulation and the AI Liability Act (see Annex IV:...