This update is part of our EU AI Act Series. Learn more about the EU AI Act here. The EU AI Act has been formally adopted and the countdown to the start of enforcement has begun. Here are six steps you can take to jump start...more
This update is part of our EU AI Act Series. Learn more about the EU AI Act here. The EU AI Act imposes obligations on providers, importers, distributors and deployers of AI systems and General-Purpose AI Models (GPAIMs). ...more
This update is part of our EU AI Act Series. Learn more about the EU AI Act here. The EU AI Act only regulates certain covered AI-related technologies — AI systems and General-Purpose AI Models (GPAIMs)....more
This update is part of our EU AI Act Series. Learn more about the EU AI Act here. The European AI Act has been formally adopted and the countdown to the start of enforcement has begun. ...more
This update is part of our EU AI Act Series. Learn more about the EU AI Act here. Life sciences and digital health companies face obligations under the AI Act that vary depending on how they use AI – and the level of risk...more
This update is part of our EU AI Act Series. Learn more about the EU AI Act here. The EU AI Act has been formally adopted and the countdown to the start of enforcement has begun. ...more
What’s Happening? The European AI Act has been formally adopted and the countdown to the start of enforcement has begun. The AI Act sets out general principles regarding when its provisions become effective. Still, there are...more
This Essential Guide to the European Data Act is part of Orrick's Cybersecurity & Privacy Compass Series. The Cybersecurity & Privacy Compass is your global guide to the evolving cybersecurity and privacy regulatory...more
For more information about France’s SREN law, see our update that provides five key takeaways for businesses. Two new laws impose an array of obligations and restrictions on cloud providers in France. First, the European...more
The French government has adopted a law aimed at regulating digital services. The new SREN law (Loi Visant à Sécuriser et à Réguler l'Espace Numérique) adapts French legislation to new EU regulations, including the Digital...more
This update is part of our EU AI Act Essentials Series. Click here to view additional updates. The European AI Act emerged after years of deliberation among legislators crafting the first comprehensive law to regulate...more
This update is part of our EU AI Act Essentials Series.
The European AI Act is a landmark piece of legislation that establishes the first major comprehensive framework for regulating the use of artificial intelligence,...more
This update is part of our EU AI Act Essentials Series. The European AI Act is a landmark piece of legislation that establishes the first major comprehensive framework for regulating the use of artificial intelligence,...more
The European Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) will lead to the development and implementation of common cybersecurity standards for products with a “digital element” in the European Union.
Whilst the newly adopted and updated...more
The EU AI Act grants the European Commission new investigative and enforcement powers over providers of some AI technologies, including general-purpose AI models such as generative AI products. The Commission has previously...more
This overview is part of a wider series of articles on the AI Act. For recommended steps to take in the first six months, our latest update is available here. The European AI Act has a broad material and territorial scope of...more
The European AI Act has passed, and its first provisions will take effect this October. The rest of the Act will take effect in a staggered manner, with the bulk of the provisions being enforceable by May 2026....more
This Essential Guide to the European Data Act is part of Orrick's Cybersecurity & Privacy Compass Series. The Cybersecurity & Privacy Compass is your global guide to the evolving cybersecurity and privacy regulatory...more
The UK’s new Online Safety Act (the “OSA”) and the EU’s Digital Services Act (the “DSA”) both try to make the internet safer by focusing on an online service provider’s systems and processes. But differences in the laws will...more
The surge in use and development of AI systems and products, particularly generative AI, has increased interest in investing in and acquiring companies that offer AI solutions or that have integrated AI into their operations....more
With the rise in multinational technology companies, including startups, it is increasingly common for those companies to use software developers located in countries around the world. Securing an assignment of all...more
This essential guide to the European Data Act is part of Orrick’s Cybersecurity & Privacy Compass Series. The Cybersecurity & Privacy Compass is your global guide to constant cybersecurity and privacy change.
In this guide,...more
The EU AI Act, which is progressing towards adoption by the end of 2023, will be complemented by an update to the European civil liability rules applicable to AI-related claims. Towards the end of 2022, the EU Commission...more
On 4 May 2023 the European Court of Justice ("CJEU") published its decision (case no. C-300/21) in which it ruled that not any infringement of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") triggers the right to compensation...more
Europe is in the midst of a transformation of its regulatory strategy for digital technologies. The EU has passed or proposed a number of laws affecting digital service providers in a broad range of legal areas and sectors....more