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White House issues Executive Order establishing a national policy framework for Artificial Intelligence and signaling a strategy to preempt conflicting state laws
USA - December 16 2025 On December 11, 2025, the White House issued an Executive Order titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence” (the “EO”)…
New AI Action Plan executive order for the establishment of the Genesis Mission
USA - December 2 2025 Earlier this year, the Trump Administration released a comprehensive artificial intelligence plan, entitled “Winning the Race: America’s AI Action…
SolarWinds dismissed: what the SEC’s U-turn signals for cyber enforcement
USA - November 21 2025 The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) case against SolarWinds and its chief information security officer (CISO), Timothy Brown, ended…
A recap of the Trump Administration's approach to regulating artificial intelligence
USA - October 6 2025 Earlier this year, we covered President Trump’s rescission of the Biden Administration’s sweeping AI-focused Executive Order. Since then, the Trump…
California adopts landmark AI law: new transparency, safety, and reporting requirements for frontier model developers
USA - October 6 2025 On September 29, 2025, California enacted into law Senate Bill 53, the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (TFAIA), a sweeping…
Zooming in on AI: Tackling deepfakes around the world
European Union, Germany, United Kingdom, USA - August 14 2025 Deepfakes (also known as digital replicas) are created when sophisticated AI technology generates or alters audio-visual content to misrepresent…
The cyber-nuclear nexus: safeguarding clean energy
USA - June 5 2025 Politicians’ and tech giants’ embrace of nuclear energy to power AI heightens the urgency to protect critical infrastructure from cyber threats. On…
Federal circuit clarifies requirements for a prior art reference’s entitlement
USA - April 1 2025 On March 24, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) issued an opinion vacating and remanding a decision of the U.S. Patent…
Zooming in on AI #18: Cybersecurity requirements for AI systems
European Union - March 31 2025 The Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) is the world's first comprehensive legal framework for AI regulation, which entered into force on August 1…
Zooming in on AI #17: AI at work
European Union - March 18 2025 The integration of AI in the workplace is revolutionising HR. From recruitment to performance analysis, AI use cases can streamline HR processes and…
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