On April 16, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) published a report on the Chinese company DeepSeek’s AI model with findings from the committee’s investigation into DeepSeek.
The report...more
4/25/2025
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Biden Administration ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Export Controls ,
New Legislation ,
NVIDIA ,
Popular ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
On April 1, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) launched a Section 232 investigation into the national security of semiconductor imports. On April 16, Commerce published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public...more
4/21/2025
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Biden Administration ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Controls ,
Fraud ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
Semiconductors ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
On April 7, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released two memoranda on revised policies for the federal government’s acquisition and adoption of AI, pursuant to President Trump’s January AI Executive...more
4/14/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Coal Industry ,
Data Centers ,
Energy Policy ,
Executive Orders ,
Government Agencies ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
New Guidance ,
OMB ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration
On March 27, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division submitted a Statement of Interest (SOI) in a pricing algorithm case, in which it continues to argue that the use of third-party algorithmic price devices may...more
4/7/2025
/ Algorithms ,
Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Collusion ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Hotels ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Price-Fixing ,
Sherman Act ,
Software ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration
On March 18, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled that an AI model cannot be the author of copyrighted material under existing copyright law. The court affirmed the US Copyright Office’s long-standing human...more
3/31/2025
/ Algorithms ,
Appeals ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Authorship ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Copyright Office ,
Machine Learning ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
The Copyright Act
The Trump administration’s Office of Science and Technology Policy received 8,755 comments in response to its Request for Information for the development of its AI Action Plan implementing the Trump AI Executive Order issued...more
3/24/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright ,
Data Security ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Infrastructure ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
National Security ,
Preemption ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Research and Development ,
Shareholders ,
State and Local Government ,
Technology Sector
The Department of Justice (DOJ), along with 38 state attorneys general, has backed away from part of its proposed remedy in the Google antitrust case that would have required Google to divest its AI investments and forgo...more
The emergence of DeepSeek has complicated the outlook for the amount of investment necessary in data centers and electricity generation for AI advancements. Against that backdrop, on March 5, the House Committee on Energy and...more
3/10/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
China ,
Clean Energy ,
Data Centers ,
Electric Generation Suppliers ,
Electricity ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Infrastructure ,
Investment ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration
On February 12, the Senate unanimously passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which would criminalize the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery. The bill is now in the House, where it has bipartisan support and is expected to...more
On February 11, Vice President JD Vance delivered remarks to world leaders, policymakers, and technology executives at the AI Action Summit in Paris, France. His speech provided a public look into how the Trump administration...more
Last week, the president signed proclamations to ”close existing loopholes and exemptions to restore a true 25% tariff on steel and elevate the tariff to 25% on aluminum.” Significantly impacting the global trade landscape,...more
2/21/2025
/ Canada ,
China ,
EU ,
Export Controls ,
Imports ,
Mexico ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
Section 232 ,
Tariffs ,
Trump Administration
The start of Donald Trump’s second presidency and Republican control in the 119th Congress raises questions about the future of the IRA’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (the Negotiation Program), which could be...more
Mintz’s Pharmacy Benefits and PBM Contracting Practice is pleased to present the ‘Fourth Edition: Q1 2025’ of our Mintz IRA Update, a regular publication that delves into developments of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022...more
On February 6, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public comments on the development of the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan. President...more
The breakthrough of the Chinese company DeepSeek’s AI model, which rivals leading US AI models but costs a fraction to develop, changes the equation for the Trump administration and calls into question its initial inclination...more
In his first week in office, President Trump took three significant actions on AI that lay the foundation for a new deregulatory approach to AI at the federal level.
On Inauguration Day, Trump repealed President Biden’s...more
1/27/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Due Diligence ,
Executive Orders ,
Infrastructure ,
Investment ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration
In the latest episode of Health Law Diagnosed, host Bridgette Keller dives into potential health care policy changes on the horizon following the November 2024 election. She is joined by Alex Hecht, ML Strategies Executive...more
President Biden’s final week in office included three AI actions — a new rule on chip and AI model export controls, an executive order on AI infrastructure and data centers, and an executive order on cybersecurity.
On...more
1/20/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Centers ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Final Rules ,
National Security ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Technology Sector
The FTC staff recently published a blog post outlining four factors for companies to consider when developing or deploying AI products to avoid running afoul of the nation’s consumer protection laws.
The blog post does...more
1/13/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Child Abuse ,
Child Pornography ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Deep Fake ,
Due Diligence ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Machine Learning ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation
The end of December, especially before a change in administration and a new Congress in January, is a slow time in Washington, DC, but this week, we highlight the few recent AI developments that have come out of our nation’s...more
On December 18, Congress passed the FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes a number of AI provisions. The NDAA is expected to be signed into law by President Biden.
The NDAA includes the first –...more
On December 5, incoming President Donald Trump announced that David Sacks would be the “AI and Crypto Czar” under the next administration.
A prominent venture capitalist, member of the “PayPal Mafia,” and co-founder of an...more
12/13/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
China ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Deregulation ,
Emerging Technologies ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Investment ,
National Security ,
Nominations ,
Popular ,
Research and Development ,
Trump Administration
Trade Agenda for Donald Trump’s Second Term and the Role of the 119th Congress -
Donald Trump's first term as president was defined by a protectionist trade policy focused on renegotiating trade agreements and imposing...more
12/3/2024
/ Anti-Dumping Duty ,
Canada ,
China ,
Conflict Resolution ,
Countervailing Duties ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement ,
Imports ,
Mexico ,
Presidential Elections ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Tax Incentives ,
Trade Agreements ,
Trade Policy ,
Trade Relations ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
USTR
On November 19, the Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security convened a hearing on “Protecting Consumers from Artificial Intelligence Enabled Fraud and Scams.”
The...more
11/25/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Data Security ,
Deep Fake ,
Enforcement ,
Expert Testimony ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fraud ,
Individual Accountability ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Scams
Donald Trump’s election to a second term as president means that Trump will help shape the future of AI at a pivotal moment when AI continues to advance rapidly and the next administration’s policies will affect the future...more
11/15/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
China ,
Deregulation ,
Foreign Adversaries ,
Free Speech ,
Innovation ,
Machine Learning ,
National Security ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Research and Development ,
Risk Mitigation