Last month, I had the opportunity to speak to entrepreneurs at Launch Dayton’s Startup Week regarding the positive effects that strong privacy and data governance practices have on business.
As regulations increase and complexity rises, many businesses remain hesitant to view privacy and security obligations as anything other than impediments to innovation. In practice, embedding
Colorado legislators have approved a five-month delay for the implementation of the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (the Act), moving the start date from Feb. 1, 2026, to June 30, 2026.
The decision follows a special legislative session called because of concerns stemming from compliance costs, industry lobbying, and fiscal impacts on businesses and the state.
The likelihood that your ERP project will take longer than expected, be more challenging than anticipated, and cost more than initially estimated is exceptionally high.
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On July 24, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) approved a sweeping set of amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations. These updates introduce new compliance obligations for businesses around automated decision making, cybersecurity audits, risk assessments, and more.
Below, we discuss some of these new requirements.
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Before the One Big Beautiful Bill was passed, Section 1202 allowed a taxpayer who held QSBS for a minimum of 5 years to exclude 100% of the gain from gross income. Now, Section 1202 has a more relaxed tiered-system in place, that ties the
AI is now deeply embedded in global supply chains, forecasting, and business decision-making, especially in the Manufacturing industry.
In this video, I explain how manufacturers and tech-driven businesses can use insurance as a powerful risk management tool in disputes involving AI, robotics, and automation. If your company is using AI or system integration in critical
Martin Edwards, vice president of Taft’s Public Affairs Strategies Group in Taft’s Washington, D.C. office, contributed to this post.
On July 23, 2025, the White House published “America’s AI Action Plan,” which sets a public policy framework targeting the United States’ technological leadership in artificial intelligence. The AI Action Plan, coupled with three
The unfortunate reality is that AI fraud is happening right now.
Our team works with businesses to help them understand the real threats posed by AI-generated emails, voice cloning, and deepfakes that are being used to commit sophisticated fraud.
This video explains how these scams work, including real-world examples like a $25 million deepfake scam,
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On June 26, the Court of Assizes of Vicenza issued a criminal judgment convicting 11 chemical plant executives for environmental crimes related to PFAS contamination. Pollutants from the Miteni chemical plant are alleged to have spread across more than 70 square miles in northern Italy’s
Martin Edwards, vice president of Taft’s Public Affairs Strategies Group in Taft’s Washington, D.C. office, contributed to this post.
Early on July 1, the U.S. Senate voted to halt an effort to impose a 10-year moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence. The vote, 99-1, removed the AI provision from President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”