The Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment (DETE) published the General Scheme of the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Bill 2026 on 4 February 2026 (the Scheme). The Scheme forms the basis for the national Irish legislation which will implement certain aspects of the EU AI Act into Irish law.
We set out below some
Fiscal year 2025 was a year of extremes in terms of the number of enforcement actions brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). During the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 (October through December 2024), the SEC reported a record-breaking number of enforcement actions.[1] However, for the remainder of the fiscal year, the
The Australian Government has recently introduced the Copyright Amendment Bill 2026 (Bill), which seeks to amend the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) (Copyright Act) to, among other things:
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Good Sunday afternoon from Seattle . . . Our weekly Online Travel Update for the week ending Friday, February 13, 2026, is below. What started out as a quiet week in the online travel industry changed considerably as the week progressed. Earnings releases from the major lodging suppliers and Expedia garnered much of the week’s
BankInfoSecurity.com reported that “European regulators determined Tuesday that Google’s proposed $32 billion buy of Wiz raises no competition concerns due to Google’s relatively weak position in cloud infrastructure.” The February 10, 2026 article entitled ” EU Approves $32B Google-Wiz Purchase After Antitrust Review” (https://tinyurl.com/bdfyk69s) included these comments:
The European Commission ruled the Silicon
Editor’s Note: Europe’s “Digital Omnibus” signals a shift in how compliance may be operationalized—reducing some external process requirements while increasing the need for internal, evidence-ready governance. In their Joint Opinion adopted 10 February 2026, the EDPB and EDPS support the Commission’s aim to cut administrative burden, but they highlight issues that will matter immediately to
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The ABAJournal.com reported that “A federal judge has tossed a case after berating an attorney for misusing artificial intelligence and using extensive quotes from Ray Bradbury’s book “Fahrenheit 451.”” The February 9, 2026 article entitled “Frustrated judge tosses case with fake AI citations, references to Ray Bradbury’s ‘Fahrenheit 451’” (https://tinyurl.com/4d9by9zm) included these
California privacy law has entered a new phase. In Part Two of this two-part episode of The Briefing, Weintraub Tobin Partners Scott Hervey and Richard Buckley break down the CCPA’s new requirements for Risk Assessments and Cybersecurity Audits.
In this episode, they cover: