On March 6, 2026, the Administration released “President Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America” alongside an Executive Order (entitled “Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens”) and accompanying Fact Sheet. The framework set forth in the Strategy document is significantly shorter and higher-level than the prior National Cybersecurity Strategy issued in
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Spanish Supervisory Authority Issues Detailed Guidance on Agentic AI and GDPR Compliance
In February 2026, the Spanish data protection authority (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, “AEPD”) published guidance on data protection issues related to the use of AI agents. The guidance follows an earlier, similar analysis by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, which we discussed in a prior blog post.
Helpfully, AEPD’s guidance maps key
New Foreign Investment Screening Regulation – Key Takeaways from the Agreed Compromise Text
On 10 February 2026, the EU released the agreed compromise text of the new Regulation on the screening of foreign investments in the EU (the “New FIR Regulation”). The three EU institutions (Commission, Parliament and Council) reached the compromise on the text in December 2025 (see our blog) following several months of trilogues (see
Use of AI Call Center Without Consent Not a Federal Wiretap Violation, Court Holds
As businesses increasingly deploy AI-powered call centers to streamline customer service, plaintiffs have turned to decades-old wiretapping laws to challenge these tools. In a recent decision, however, an Illinois federal district court held that use of an AI call analysis platform without caller consent does not violate the federal Wiretap Act because it falls within
AI and Legal Privilege: Key Takeaways from US v. Heppner
On February 10, 2026, federal district court Judge Jed S. Rakoff ruled from the bench in the Southern District of New York that the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine did not protect legal strategy materials that a criminal defendant generated using a generative AI tool, when he used a public version of the
A Closer Look: The Discoverability of Artificial Intelligence Prompts
Are AI prompts, and their generative outputs, discoverable in litigation? A handful of recent district court cases suggest the answer depends on whether the AI prompts and outputs constitute attorney work product.
In Tremblay v. OpenAI, Inc., 2024 WL 3748003 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 8, 2024), the court held that AI prompts written by lawyers can
Connecticut Attorney General Releases 2025 CTDPA Enforcement Report
The Connecticut Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) issued an updated Enforcement Report (“Enforcement Report”) under the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (“CTDPA”). The Enforcement Report discusses the OAG’s enforcement actions in 2025 and suggests some areas of focus from the regulator, summarized below.
European Commission Issues Guidelines on Article 18 of the European Media Freedom Act
In a recent addition to the EU’s evolving digital rulebook, the European Commission has published a set of Guidelines under the European Media Freedom Act (“EMFA”). The Guidelines advise very large online platforms, as defined under the Digital Services Act (“DSA”), on how to set up a functionality that lets media organisations identify themselves—and, in
UK MHRA Announces Consultation on the Indefinite Recognition of CE-marked Medical Devices
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (“MHRA”) has published a targeted consultation on the indefinite recognition of the CE-mark for medical devices placed on the market in Great Britain (“GB”) (i.e., England, Scotland and Wales) (the “Consultation”), which will run until 10 April 2026. The Consultation aims to complement wider planned reforms to
European Parliament Proposes Changes to Copyright Protection in the Age of Generative AI
In June 2025, the European Parliament (“EP”) published its draft report on “Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges” (available here). The draft report calls on the European Commission to make a series of changes to the way that copyright is protected in the age of generative AI (“GenAI”). The EP notes