Nearly a year after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) launched the SAFE Innovation Framework for artificial intelligence (AI) with Senators Mike Rounds (R-SD), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Todd Young (R-IN), the bipartisan group has released a 31-page “Roadmap” for AI policy. The overarching theme of the Roadmap is “harnessing the full potential of AI
Law Pod UK new episode – Small Data: damage, distress and the development of a new type of claim
Personal data is intimately connected to privacy (art 8, ECHR) but is regulated by specific data protection regimes, such as the UK GDPR. Attention-grabbing legal issues arising out of Big Data dominate the public discourse around data protection: can generative AI use datasets without breaching intellectual property laws; how should the NHS use its mass
European Commission Calls on Industry to Commit to the AI Pact in the Run-Up to the European Elections
Although the final text of the EU AI Act should enter into force in the next few months, many of its obligations will only start to apply two or more years after that (for further details, see our earlier blog here). To address this gap, the Commission is encouraging industry to take early, voluntary
Direttiva Breakfast – Via libera del Consiglio Europeo su etichettatura e denominazione di alcuni prodotti alimentari consumati al mattino
Lo scorso aprile, durante il Consiglio UE Agricoltura, gli Stati membri hanno approvato all’unanimità la c.d. Direttiva Breakfast avente lo scopo di aggiornare ed armonizzare le norme di commercializzazione e diffusione di prodotti quali succhi di frutta, confetture, latte (disidratato) e miele nel territorio dell’UE.
Obiettivo fondamentale del provvedimento normativo è quello di contrastare le
Colorado Becomes the First State to Pass Comprehensive AI Legislation
In the absence of congressional action on comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) legislation, state legislatures are forging ahead with groundbreaking bills to regulate the rapidly advancing technology. On May 8, the Colorado House of Representatives passed SB 205, a far-reaching and comprehensive AI bill, on a 41-22-2 vote. The final vote comes just days
FCA Market Watch 79
On 9 May 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Market Watch 79.
In this edition of Market Watch the FCA discusses:
- Failures of market abuse surveillance caused by issues with factors such as data and automated alert logic.
- The FCA’s recent peer review of firms’ testing of front-running surveillance models.
Market abuse
Il nuovo Tribunale Unificato dei Brevetti: rischi e opportunità per le imprese italiane
A quasi un anno dalla sua introduzione, è già possibile trarre utili indicazioni strategiche per affrontare le sfide e cogliere le opportunità create dal nuovo sistema
Introduzione
La riforma che ha cambiato radicalmente il sistema brevettuale in Europa, con l’istituzione del brevetto unitario e del Tribunale Unificato dei Brevetti (o, come indicato in inglese, “UPC”),
BIS Removes Significant Export Control License Requirements for Australia and the UK under the Strategic AUKUS Partnership
On May 8, 2024, BIS published a correction to the interim final rule, further removing license requirements for certain items under ECCN 0x5zz.
Previously, the interim final rule stated that all 0x5zz ECCNs referenced in footnote 9 to the Commerce Country Chart in supplement no. 1 to part 738 that were previously controlled for NS1
California establishes working guidance for AI procurement
As the 2024 elections approach and the window for Congress to consider bipartisan comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) legislation shrinks, California officials are attempting to guard against a generative AI free-for-all—at least with respect to state government use of the rapidly advancing technology—by becoming the largest state to issue rules for state procurement of AI technologies.
President Signs Expansive Sanctions Bill Into Law; Doubling of Limitations Period for IEEPA Violations Likely to Have Major Impact
On April 24, 2024, President Biden signed HR 815, “Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes,” into law (the “National Security Supplemental” or the “NSS”). The National Security Supplemental appropriates funds to provide security assistance to Ukraine, Israel, and US partners in the Indo-Pacific and