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Trump Sidelines Justice Dept. Legal Office, Eroding Another Check on His Power
As President Trump claims expansive and disputed powers, his administration has curbed the influential Office of Legal Counsel.
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Charting a Human-Centered Future in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Part Two
The Historical Context of Technological Revolutions – “I think that human beings have gotten as far as we’ve gotten because of our adaptability, our ability to adapt, and our ability to dovetail our technologies – our brains to our tools. With the Industrial Revolution, we transcended the limits of our muscles….By: Morris, Manning & Martin,…
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Virginia Governor Vetoes AI Bill
In February 2025, the Virginia legislature passed a bill governing high risk artificial intelligence. On March 24, 2025, Governor Youngkin vetoed the bill. If enacted, the bill, titled the High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Developer and Deployer Act, would have been the second of its kind, following Colorado’s AI consumer protection law….By: Moore & Van Allen PLLC
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The Desk: April Edition
March is over and all of our brackets are busted. We hope you have been enjoying, Moore & Van Allen’s very own, Jay Bilas’ coverage on ESPN. In this month’s newsletter we will walk you through the CFTC’s continued updates on enforcement, highlight developments across the US financial agencies on digital assets, and look at…
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Low-Budget, High-Impact Ways to Reduce Privacy and Cybersecurity Risks in 2025
1. Know What Laws Apply to your Organization It’s not surprising many leaders are unsure about which new laws or regulations apply to their organization. Privacy and security laws, particularly in the U.S., have changed dramatically in the last few years. As a business grows, expands into new states or countries, adds new services, or…
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European Commission calls on Member States to fully transpose EU DORA Directive
The European Commission (EC) has announced that it has opened infringement procedures by sending a letter of formal notice to 13 Member States (Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Greece, Spain, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Slovenia) for failing to fully transpose the Digital Operational Resilience Act Directive (Directive 2022/2556) (DORA Directive). Member States had…
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Kelly Benefits Notifies Guardian Life Insurance Customers of Data Breach Affecting Their Sensitive Information
On April 1, 2025, Kelly & Associates Insurance Group, Inc. d/b/a Kelly Benefits (“Kelly Benefits”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after discovering that its network was subject to unauthorized access. In this notice, Kelly Benefits explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access…
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ALN Medical Management Data Breach Affects Patients of Teledigm Physician Services
On March 21, 2025, ALN Medical Management filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of California after discovering that files stored on a third-party hosting environment were subject to unauthorized access. Subsequently, Teledigm Physicians Services, LLC (“Teledigm”) posted a website notice confirming that Teledigm was one of the entities affected by the…
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For Your Consumption – March 2025: Always Reading the Tea Leaves
In the March edition of For Your Consumption, our food & beverage digest of court cases and litigation trends affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries, there’s nothing natural about beavers’ anal glands, we say “tomato” and plaintiffs say “citric acid is synthetic,” and someone must have said “PDCAAS” three times. Bon appétit!…By: Alston…
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Supreme Court Decides Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn
On April 2, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn, No. 23-365, holding that the RICO civil cause of action for “[a]ny person injured in his business or property,” 18 U.S.C. § 1964(c), extends to injuries to business or property that derive from personal injuries….By:…
