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The War on ‘Wokeness’ Comes to the U.S. Mint
The Treasury Department unveiled new coins celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. They failed to include planned designs featuring abolition, women’s suffrage and the civil rights movement.
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How The Times Analyzed the S.E.C.’s Cryptocurrency Enforcement
The New York Times set out to understand — and quantify — just how much things had changed within the agency after President Trump resumed office.
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The S.E.C. Was Tough on Crypto. It Pulled Back After Trump Returned to Office.
An investigation by The Times found the administration’s change in enforcement benefited the industry, including companies that had ties to the president.
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The Army Made a Blind Black Soldier a Surrogate for Robert E. Lee
For more than a century, this Black soldier from Virginia was remembered by nearly no one. Then this year, someone at the Pentagon found a use for him.
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Unveiling the Universe: The Latest Breakthroughs in Astronomy
The night sky has always been a canvas of mystery and wonder, each star a silent witness to the universe’s ancient tales. Growing up, I spent countless nights on the roof of my family’s home, peering through a modest telescope, mesmerized by the celestial bodies. Back then, I couldn’t have imagined the rapid pace at…
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DoD Updates Guidance on Acquisition of Contractor Technical Data and Associated Data Rights
On November 21, 2025, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) updated DoD Manual (“DoDM”) 5010.12, Acquisition and Management of Contractor-Prepared Data. The manual is DoD’s unified playbook for the acquisition and management of contractor technical data. It replaces the legacy DoD 5010.12-M, Procedures for the Acquisition and Management of Technical Data (May 1993) and falls in…
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Policy Week in Review – December 12, 2025
President Trump Signs Executive Order to Limit State Regulation of Artificial Intelligence – On December 11, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order purporting to limit the ability of states to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The order’s stated purpose is to ensure that American AI companies are “free to innovate without cumbersome regulation”…
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Return of the BIOSECURE Act: What Life Sciences Companies Need to Know
Key Takeaways : House advances BIOSECURE Act as part of NDAA legislation. The latest version would bar contractors and federal funding recipients from using certain biotechnology equipment or services linked to foreign adversaries, with a Senate vote expected next week….By: Polsinelli
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California Privacy: Key 2025 Legislative Changes
California has once again expanded its already-complex privacy and technology regulatory landscape. During the most recent legislative session, lawmakers and the California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) advanced a wide range of new requirements touching social media, online platforms, data brokers, artificial intelligence, and youth protections. Many of these new obligations carry extended compliance timelines, but…
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Key Concepts in AI Contracting: Data Rights and Restrictions
One of the key concepts in contracting for generative AI (GenAI) is allocating rights to data that the GenAI tool processes and generates, as well as any data used to train, test, and improve the underlying AI model. A new concern in these contracts relates to the use of a GenAI tool (or data generated…
