2/17/2026 3:17:23 PM Your AI Chatbot is Not Your Lawyer: AI Privilege Issues in Litigation By Kimberly Zelnick Timothy Howard Timothy Harkness Alessandra Scalise Robert Barton Isobel Blakeway-Phillips +3 more... Show less Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a notable decision from the bench last week,...
2/3/2026 5:45:41 PM FTC Considers Broader Age Verification Requirements By Beth George Anna Gressel Megan Kayo Nina Frant Raisa Shah Youssef Osman Andres Calzada +4 more... Show less The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is signaling its intent to encourage broader adoption of age verification technologies across the...
1/21/2026 8:25:32 PM 10 Key MedTech Themes for 2026 By Vinita Kailasanath Kayla Weston Yungjee Kim Shannon O'Hara +1 more... Show less The MedTech industry is entering 2026 at a pivotal moment. Regulatory complexities, geopolitical tensions, and persistent supply chain...
1/20/2026 8:27:32 PM 2026 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference Highlights By Jeff Jay Vinita Kailasanath Madeleine Tavcar Wolfgang Paulson Kayla Weston +2 more... Show less The 44th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference concluded last week in San Francisco. In general, we noted a cautiously optimistic...
1/5/2026 9:18:35 PM AI Supply Chain and Security: Congress Mandates Strict Controls for AI acquired by the U.S. Defense Agencies and Intelligence Community By Beth George Anna Gressel Nathan Castellano For companies interested in selling AI to U.S. defense and intelligence agencies, the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)...
12/12/2025 8:54:16 PM President Trump Issues Executive Order to Centralize AI Policy and Challenge State Regulations By Beth George Anna Gressel Austin Evers Nina Frant Nomi Conway Madeline Cimino Andres Calzada +4 more... Show less On December 11, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order (“EO”) titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial...
11/24/2025 2:03:22 PM SEC Seeks Dismissal of Cybersecurity Disclosure Case Against SolarWinds and its Chief Information Security Officer By Melissa Hodgman Erik Gerding Michael Levitt The SEC announced that it was seeking dismissal of the federal court action against SolarWinds Corp. and its now chief information...
11/4/2025 6:51:05 PM OOPS! States Crack Down on Opt-Out Preference Signal Compliance By Brock Dahl Christine Chong Jackson Myers Raul Orozco +1 more... Show less Last month, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), together with the attorneys general of California, Colorado, and...
10/30/2025 3:43:55 PM Preliminary Rulemaking Update on “Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act” By Beth George Brock Dahl Christine Chong Alejandra Lynberg +1 more... Show less Regulators are increasingly focused on legislation on children’s and minor’s personal data and use of social media. In SB 976, the...
10/2/2025 4:10:00 PM Compliance in a Global AI Market: Examining the Overlaps Between California’s SB 53 and the EU AI Act By Beth George Brock Dahl Christine Chong Vera Ibes Joseph Mason Madeline Cimino +3 more... Show less On September 29, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 53, the “Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act”...
9/12/2025 8:06:46 PM Time to Comply: Pentagon Contractors Soon to Face Enhanced Cyber Security Requirements By Brock Dahl Beth George Andrew Gabel On September 10, 2025 the Department of Defense (DoD) issued its final rule (Rule) amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation...
9/12/2025 1:53:40 PM Novel Considerations in Licensing Deals with Chinese Biotechs By Kristen Riemenschneider Ya Ma Shannon O'Hara Jake Silvers Yichen Xing +2 more... Show less Significant Chinese investment in its biotechnology industry has resulted in a shift in the biopharma licensing market over the last five...
8/6/2025 7:14:55 PM Still Groundbreaking After Rounds of Tailoring: CPPA Board Finalizes Long-Awaited Regulations on Automated Decision-Making Technologies By Brock Dahl Beth George Sean Quinn Christine Chong Jackson Myers Ian Allen +3 more... Show less The California Privacy Protection Agency Board (the Board) unanimously approved a long-awaited final package of new regulations (the...
8/6/2025 3:33:37 PM Navigating the AI Frontier: Key Takeaways from the AI Leadership Forum By Janet Kim Brock Dahl Lutz Riede Sean Quinn +1 more... Show less On July 29, members of the Freshfields Global AI Practice joined industry leaders at the 2025 Corporate Board Member AI Leadership Forum...
7/24/2025 8:45:54 PM The US Government Releases AI Action Plan and Executive Orders on Infrastructure, Exports, and Federal Procurement By Beth George Janet Kim Brock Dahl Timothy Howard Nabeel Yousef Sean Quinn Nomi Conway Madeline Cimino Adam Silow +6 more... Show less On July 23, 2025, President Donald Trump released America’s AI Action Plan (the Action Plan), a policy document setting forth the...
6/20/2025 2:17:43 PM BIS Rescinds AI Diffusion Rule, Issues Notice of “High Probability” Enforcement Related to AI and Semiconductors By Nabeel Yousef Stephanie Brown Cripps Noah Lipkowitz Ian Allen Maame Adu +2 more... Show less Introduction On May 13, 2025, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that the Framework for Artificial Intelligence...