Welcome to this week's issue of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and its government affairs affiliate, ML Strategies.
The accelerating advances in artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the practical,...more
10/13/2023
/ Adverse Action Report ,
Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Automation Systems ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Protection Act ,
Dodd-Frank ,
ECOA ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Machine Learning ,
Mortgage Loan Originators ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulation B ,
Rulemaking Process
Welcome to this week's issue of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and its government affairs affiliate, ML Strategies.
The accelerating advances in artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the practical,...more
The accelerating advances in artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the practical, legal, and policy issues AI creates have exponentially increased the federal government’s interest in AI and its implications. In these weekly...more
Welcome to this week's issue of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and its government affairs affiliate, ML Strategies.
The accelerating advances in artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the practical,...more
9/22/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Deep Fake ,
Federal Election Commission (FEC) ,
Federal Elections ,
Healthcare ,
Human Rights ,
Labor Code ,
Machine Learning ,
Metals ,
Open Source Software ,
Transparency
Welcome to this week’s issue of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and its government affairs affiliate, ML Strategies.
The accelerating advances in artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the practical,...more
9/11/2023
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Automation Systems ,
Bias ,
Deep Fake ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Machine Learning ,
New Regulations ,
Risk Assessment ,
Transparency ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
The accelerating advances in artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the practical, legal, and policy issues AI creates have exponentially increased the federal government’s interest in AI and its implications. In these weekly...more
The next three weeks will be full of activity in Washington D.C., as the House of Representatives and Senate are working to push their legislative agendas to garner support from their constituents ahead of an August recess...more
The second half of 2021 will be a busy stretch for Congress. In addition to the typical must-pass legislation, Democrats controlling both chambers and the White House are committed to several big spending bills, too. What...more
The bills listed reflect a relatively active cybersecurity agenda for the 117th Congress. As reflected in the proposed legislation, many Members are interested in focusing federal policy on matters such as supply chain...more
5/7/2021
/ China ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Foreign Relations ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Personal Information ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Supply Chain
With the presidential transition underway, we now look forward to what the Biden administration will seek to accomplish, particularly in the realm of health care policy. President-elect Biden has been clear that he wants to...more
11/24/2020
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Biden Administration ,
California v Texas ,
Drug Pricing ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Lame Duck Session ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Rutledge v Pharmaceutical Care Management Association ,
Trump Administration
Although – barring an incredible, unforeseen reversal in the courts – we now know the outcome of the presidential election, we will have to wait until January to learn whether Republicans or Democrats control the Senate...more
11/11/2020
/ Biden Administration ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
Joe Biden ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Presidential Elections ,
State and Local Government ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Representatives ,
Trump Administration
In an exchange which has now gone viral, freshman U.S. Representative Katie Porter (D-Calif.) questioned former Celgene CEO Mark Alles about his 2017 compensation structure last week. Rep. Porter, who is now famous for...more
Just hours ahead of the June 30 deadline for small business owners to submit applications to the CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the U.S. Senate passed by unanimous consent bipartisan legislation to extend the...more
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Congress and President Trump have taken the following actions...more
In response to the ongoing coronavirus epidemic, the federal government has taken several actions in recent days. The most consequential are: the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (signed...more
As we begin a new year and the second session of the 116th Congress, ML Strategies is pleased to share some highlights of where we see action this year on Capitol Hill. Although the impending impeachment trial of President...more
1/23/2020
/ Appropriations Bill ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Budget ,
Federal Funding ,
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) ,
Foreign Policy ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Privacy Laws ,
Tax Extenders ,
Trump Administration
This week, Congressional appropriators are hoping to finalize a continuing resolution (CR) that would extend funding for the government through the middle of November. The House Rules Committee will meet on Tuesday to...more
As August recess gets underway for the House and the Senate, ML Strategies has prepared a summary of the status of this summer’s key cybersecurity issues. ML Strategies will continue to track these and other cybersecurity...more
8/12/2019
/ Cybersecurity ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Federal Contractors ,
GAO ,
Legislative Agendas ,
NCCIC ,
NDAA ,
NIST ,
OIG ,
OMB
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published final regulations that change some of the key features of the EB-5 Program, which makes approximately 10,000 green cards available each year for qualifying investors and...more
8/5/2019
/ Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
EB-5 ,
Final Rules ,
Foreign Investment ,
Green Cards ,
Institutional Investors ,
Investors ,
Job Creation ,
New Regulations ,
Targeted Employment Area ,
USCIS ,
Visas
Welcome back. This week, the Senate Finance Committee is set to meet privately to discuss the drug pricing legislation being developed by the committee. All signs point to a deal being close with a few outstanding provisions,...more
This week, all is quiet in the Senate as stakeholders await the release of the highly anticipated cost-containment package that is being developed by the HELP and Finance committees. While the details are not yet public – a...more
This week, the full House is poised to take its first action on drug pricing, voting on a pair of bills that would improve access to drug patents. The first bill is H.R. 1520, the Purple Book Continuity Act of 2019, which...more
5/9/2019
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Congressional Budget Office ,
Drug Pricing ,
HELP ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Medicare Part D ,
Orange Book ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Preexisting Conditions ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Purple Book
This week, the full House is poised to take its first action on drug pricing, voting on a pair of bills that would improve access to drug patents. The first bill is H.R. 1520, the Purple Book Continuity Act of 2019, which...more
5/8/2019
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Congressional Budget Office ,
Drug Pricing ,
Generic Drugs ,
Medicare Part D ,
Orange Book ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Regulatory Agenda
Following last month’s letter from the attorneys general of all 50 states, Congress has continued to push forward on robocall legislation. On April 3, the Senate Commerce Committee held a markup, which featured the Telephone...more
This week, Congress is keeping its eye on drug pricing with a reported hearing in the House Ways & Means Committee. This comes on the heels of the full E&C Committee advancing six pieces of bipartisan legislation for full...more