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BIS Issues Long-Awaited Export Controls on AI
On January 13, 2025, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released its export control titled “Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion.” This new interim final rule creates a two-pronged framework within the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to impede U.S. adversaries from developing advanced AI models….By: WilmerHale
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Hic Sunt Dracones: Biden’s BIS Issues Last Minute Export Controls, Most of Which Appear to Escape Trump’s Regulatory Freeze
In the last few days of the Biden Administration, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a flurry of new, noteworthy rules targeting national security risks in the science and technology sectors, including new export controls targeting AI, semiconductor fabricators, and biotechnology as well as a rule addressing the risks…
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California’s Daylighting Law: Keeping Vulnerable Road Users Safe
As with many states throughout the United States, California deals with an extremely high number of traffic-related accidents that harm pedestrians, bicyclists, skateboarders, and others. For this reason, legislators have established a wide range of laws designed to protect these vulnerable road users….By: Maison Law
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This Week in eDiscovery: Relativity Sets Server Deadline | Documents Lost in Translation?
Every week, the Array team reviews the latest news and analysis about the evolving field of eDiscovery to bring you the topics and trends you need to know. This week’s post covers the period of January 26-February 1. Here’s what’s happening….By: Array
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UPDATE: Data Breach at Bankers Cooperative Group Impacts Employees of 21 Companies
On January 14, 2025, Bankers Cooperative Group, Inc. (“BCG”) filed a notice of data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (“HHS-OCR”) after confirming unauthorized access to an employee email account. As a result, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access sensitive information belonging…
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UPDATE: New York Blood Center Data Breach Affects All Operating Divisions
On February 5, 2025, New York Blood Center Enterprises (“NYBC”) posted an updated website notice providing additional information on a recent data breach. In this notice, NYBC explains that, while an investigation is ongoing, the incident affected all of the company’s operating divisions, including Blood Bank of Delmarva, Community Blood Center of Greater Kansas City,…
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Account for a Jury’s Purpose on Damages
Something that we see over and over again in mock trials has now occurred in an actual trial. A recent jury in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania entered a defense verdict in favor of Johnson & Johnson, answering “No” to the question of whether the company’s talc powder caused the plaintiff’s injuries… then the jury went on…
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For Europe’s Right, Trump Stirs Caution Alongside Celebration
The American president’s threat of tariffs is not in the interest of Europe’s nationalist parties, who are just as eager to put their own countries first.
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Trump’s Gaza Plan Has Many Pitfalls, Hamas Among the Biggest
President Trump’s proposal to “own” Gaza and transfer its population elsewhere has stirred condemnation and sarcasm, but it is an opening bid and could disrupt a tired diplomatic paradigm.
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To Keep Aid Coming, Ukraine Appeals to Trump Allies: Conservative Christians
A Ukrainian delegation to the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington will make the case that Russia threatens the religious freedom of Christians who don’t follow the Russian Orthodox Church.
