News & Analysis as of

Critical Infrastructure Sectors Artificial Intelligence

WilmerHale

Assessing Throughlines in the Trump Administration’s AI Regulatory Approach

WilmerHale on

Securing American leadership on artificial intelligence (AI) is a top priority for the Trump Administration. Although changes brought by the Trump Administration are certain to result in regulatory changes across the federal...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Energy & Infrastructure Insights: Will Data Center and Energy Capacity Growth Meet the Demands of AI?

Latham & Watkins LLP on

Latham partner Alexander “Stefan” Rieger spoke with industry leaders about the impact of artificial intelligence on data center and energy capacity in Europe....more

Mayer Brown

Trump Administration’s “America First Investment Policy” Previews New Restrictions on Inbound and Outbound Investment

Mayer Brown on

On February 21, 2025, President Trump issued a new memorandum addressing both foreign investment into the United States and outbound investment by US persons. Without imposing immediate legal or regulatory changes, the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Congressional Investigations Outlook: What to Expect from the 119th Congress

The 119th Congress is underway, and Republicans control both chambers. With President Trump in the White House, both the House and the Senate will focus more of their oversight on the private sector. Continuing a trend over...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Cybersecurity Executive Order—Key Implications for the Manufacturing Industry

Foley & Lardner LLP on

On January 16, 2025, President Joe Biden issued the “Executive Order on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity,” a comprehensive directive designed to address the growing complexity and...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

President Biden Issues Second Cybersecurity Executive Order

Foley & Lardner LLP on

In light of recent cyberattacks targeting the federal government and United States supply chains, President Biden’s administration has released an Executive Order (the “Order”) in an attempt to modernize and enhance the...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Investments in Chinese Technology Companies Limited by New US Outbound Investment Rule

Fox Rothschild LLP on

U.S. investors interested in investing in advanced Chinese technology companies may now be constrained by the U.S. Government’s first-ever outbound investment rule (Final Rule) which took effect on Jan. 2, 2025. The Final...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Governmental Practice Cybersecurity and Data Protection: 2024 Recap & 2025 Forecast Alert

To kick off the New Year (and as is now tradition, since we put out a similar Recap & Forecast last year), Sheppard Mullin’s Governmental Practice Cybersecurity & Data Protection Team has prepared a cybersecurity-focused 2024...more

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real...

AI Needs Critical Materials, Fast! But From Where?

Critical materials—the collective term for metals and minerals essential for all kinds of advanced technology and clean energy—are vital to the growth of artificial intelligence (AI), which has become pervasive in everyday...more

Mayer Brown

US China Trade Monthly - December 2024

Mayer Brown on

As global economic and geopolitical environments enter a new era, companies need to continuously develop and adjust their coherent global business strategies to secure and further expand business opportunities in all markets...more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Fiber Optics: Critical Infrastructure for AI and Rural Connectivity

Baker Botts L.L.P. on

Significant investments are being made in broadband infrastructure with the goal of expanding fiber optic networks into rural and underserved U.S. markets. The high bandwidth and low latency of fiber optics enable efficient...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

A Very Merry NISTmas: 2024 Updates to the Cybersecurity and AI Framework

Ropes & Gray LLP on

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been a leading voice in cybersecurity standards since 2013, when President Obama’s Executive Order on Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity tasked NIST,...more

Alston & Bird

Department of Homeland Security Releases Recommended Framework for AI in Critical Infrastructure

Alston & Bird on

On November 14, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) announced a set of voluntary recommendations called the “Roles and Responsibilities Framework for Artificial Intelligence in Critical Infrastructure”...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

EU's AI Act: Ten Facts for Organisations in the UK and US

Proskauer Rose LLP on

The EU’s AI Act (the “Act”) is the world’s first comprehensive AI law. The Act manages risks posed by certain AI systems and prohibits certain AI-related practices. UK and US organisations should not assume that the Act does...more

Alston & Bird

Treasury Finalizes Outbound Investment Regulations on China

Alston & Bird on

Effective January 2, 2025, a final rule by the Department of the Treasury restricts investments in certain emerging technology sectors. Our International Trade & Regulatory Group examines the impact of the new U.S. Outbound...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Site Report - Construction Law Insights, Issue 10, October 2024

Welcome to our 10th issue of 2024 for our construction industry insights e-newsletter - The Site Report. In this edition, we cover a wide variety of topics of interest for those in the construction industry—from the use of...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 5, Issue 8, October 2024

Welcome to our eighth 2024 issue of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. Thank you for reading. EU AI Act Tightens Grip on High-Risk AI Systems: Five Critical Questions for U.S. Companies - Why this is...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Timeline Set for UK Cybersecurity and Resilience Reforms

On 30 September 2024, the UK Department of Science, Innovation and Technology announced that the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (Bill) will be introduced to Parliament in 2025. The Bill was first announced in the King’s...more

Alston & Bird

CISA Releases Findings from its AI Pilot Program on Detecting Critical Vulnerabilities

Alston & Bird on

On July 28, 2024, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced that they piloted an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled vulnerability program to help detect and remediate vulnerabilities in the U.S....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

CISA Names First Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer

On August 1, 2024, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced the appointment of its first CISA Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer. The appointee, Lisa Einstein, served as CISA’s Senior Advisor...more

Baker Donelson

EU AI Act Tightens Grip on High-Risk AI Systems: Five Critical Questions for U.S. Companies

Baker Donelson on

A new era of AI legislation has begun as the EU AI Act enters into force on August 1, 2024. With broad extraterritorial reach, significant penalties of up to seven percent of worldwide annual turnover, and an emphasis on...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Artificial Intelligence and Grid Reliability Among Hot Topics on FERC’s Radar in Testimony Before U.S. House of Representatives...

On Wednesday, July 24, 2024, the U.S. House of Representative Committee on Energy and Commerce held a Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security hearing to review the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Nuclear SMR Powered Data Centres: The Answer to Europe’s Looming Grid Crisis?

Vinson & Elkins LLP on

The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) is driving a surge in demand for power-hungry data centre capacity in Europe. This demand faces a number of obstacles including grid capacity constraints and an energy...more

McCarter & English, LLP

AI in Critical Infrastructure Markets: Are Smart Systems AI? The EU Act Says They May Be

For critical infrastructure markets such as industrial, communications, transportation, education, and financial sectors, what AI is and is not, and what is it used for, and its risk classification has great bearing on the...more

Benesch

AI in the Supply Chain Under Government Focus

Benesch on

The U.S. Department of Transportation is seeking input from industry stakeholders on the role of artificial intelligence in the supply chain. The DOT’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Infrastructure is one of many...more

103 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 5

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide