Italy became the first EU country to enact a comprehensive national AI law when its AI law (Law No. 132/2025) took effect last month. The law is intended to work with the existing EU AI Act, but with more details and specific obligations. In fact, it mirrors many of the themes that are
Capping off a highly eventful week in Asia at the end of October, President Donald J. Trump has further reshaped the landscape of U.S. trade with the Asia-Pacific region through a series of new agreements. This latest round of negotiations includes new reciprocal trade deals and market access commitments across Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, China,
California continues to lead the nation in artificial intelligence (“AI”) regulation with the recent enactment of Senate Bill (“SB”) 53—the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (“TFAIA” or the “Act”)[1]. Signed by Governor Gavin Newsom earlier this fall, the TFAIA takes effect January 1, 2026, and establishes significant oversight, accountability, and reporting requirements
Capping off a highly eventful week in Asia, President Donald J. Trump has further reshaped the landscape of U.S. trade with the Asia-Pacific region through a series of new agreements. This latest round of negotiations includes new reciprocal trade deals and market access commitments across Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, South Korea, and Japan. Some
As Russian Energy Week concluded last week, Western governments strike to the heart of Russia’s energy sector with sanctions packages to cut of revenue that funds Russia’s continued war against Ukraine. Three significant packages were announced in October 2025: the U.S.’s sanctions targeting the Russian energy sector, the UK’s latest sanctions against the Russian oil industry,
On October 22, 2025, Reddit, Inc. filed a federal lawsuit in the Southern District of New York against Perplexity AI, Inc. and associated data-scraping firms, alleging violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s anti-circumvention provisions (17 U.S.C. §1201), along with related claims for unjust enrichment and unfair competition. Building on the strategy advanced in its
Healthcare organizations of every shape and size are rapidly expanding their use of artificial intelligence solutions from high-risk applications like clinical decision-support interventions, ambient listening, and charting to lower-risk administrative activities like automated patient communications and scheduling. While adoption is widespread and increasing in depth and breadth across the industry, not every healthcare organization has
Since the year began, we have attempted to divine the new administration’s approach to regulating human cell and tissue products (“HCT/Ps”).[1] What we have found is a collection of seemingly contradictory signals, keeping us guessing as to whether we will see an increase or decrease in HCT/P regulation – either by written regulation or
On October 2, The CFPB finalized a rule extending the compliance deadlines for its 2023 Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and Regulation B. The final rule confirms the Bureau’s June 2025 interim rule delaying implementation by approximately one year to align compliance timelines across institutions affected by federal
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is rolling out a new Automated Search Pilot Program, offering applicants a first-of-its-kind opportunity to receive a pre-examination, AI-generated prior art search report. The program’s stated goals are to improve prosecution efficiency and the quality of patent examination by providing an Automated Search Results Notice (ASRN)