The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced plans on May 13,2025, to rescind the Biden Administration’s AI diffusion export control rule, which was set to take effect on May 15. BIS will issue a formal rescission notice in the Federal Register and plans to introduce a replacement rule in the future. BIS enforcement officials
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State AG News: Civil Rights, Diversity, Consumer Protection April 24-May 1, 2025
Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. See our State Attorneys General page for more insights. Below are the updates from April 24 – May 1, 2025
Multistate• A coalition of 21 state attorneys general filed an amicus brief supporting Susman Godfrey in its
California Considering Broad Bans on Pricing Software
Two bills currently making their way through the California Legislature could, if passed, have far-reaching implications for how companies doing business in California price their goods and services. California Assembly Bill 325 (Aguiar-Curry) and Senate Bill 384 (Wahab), as drafted, seek broad prohibitions against the use, distribution of, and inputs into algorithmic pricing and supply
State AG News: Executive Orders, Labor & Employment, Consumer Protection March 20-26, 2025
Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. See our State Attorneys General page for more insights. Here are last week’s updates.
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- A bipartisan multistate coalition of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands filed an amici curiae brief in
The Trump Administration Targets China, Iran, and Pakistan in its First Export Regulatory Action
On March 25, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released two final rules that announced the addition of 80 new entities to the Entity List (see BIS press release here). In its press release, BIS officials stated that the Entity List is only one of the powerful tools
State AG News: Data Privacy, Labor & Employment, Consumer Protection March 6-12, 2025
Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. See the State Attorneys General page for more insights. Here are last week’s updates.
Multistate• A coalition of 21 state attorneys general sent a letter urging Congress to pass the “No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act,” which will
State AG News: Executive Orders, Counterfeit Drugs, Privacy Concerns Feb. 13-19, 2025
Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. See our State Attorneys General page for more insights. Here are last week’s updates.
Multistate• A multistate coalition of 16 State Attorneys General led by Massachusetts Attorney General Campbell and Illinois Attorney General Raoul issued guidance to private
First Circuit Clarifies “Resulting From” standard under Anti-Kickback Statute, Reshaping False Claims Act Litigation
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued a pivotal ruling earlier this week, finding that in order to establish falsity in a False Claims Act (“FCA”) case premised on Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) liability, the kickback must have been the “but-for” cause of the submission of the claim. The court’s decision hinged
China Technology Transfer Control Act Introduced to Strengthen Export Controls vis-à-vis China
On February 7, 2025, Representative Mark Green (R-TN-7) introduced the China Technology Transfer Control Act, a bill which would restrict the export to the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) certain “national interest technology” and intellectual property. According to a statement by Rep. Green, the bill is intended as a sign to “get serious about protecting
House Task Force on AI Issues Report and Proposes Healthcare Recommendations
On December 17, 2024, the House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (Task Force) released a highly-anticipated report titled, “Bipartisan House Task Force Report on Artificial Intelligence,” (the Report) which establishes guiding principles and issues recommendations to guide U.S. innovation in artificial intelligence (AI), including in the healthcare sector. The Report is intended to serve as