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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…
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‘Plastics Recycling Fraud’ and the Continued Expansion of Public Nuisance Claims
In one of the first cases alleging “plastics recycling fraud,” a federal district court in California recently denied a motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ public nuisance claim. Citing prior decisions in cases involving the manufacture and distribution of handguns and opioids, the court held the plaintiffs had plausibly alleged a public nuisance claim based on…
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3 Americans Killed in ISIS Attack in Syria, Trump Says, Vowing to Retaliate
Two soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed while supporting counterterror operations, the Pentagon said. They are the first U.S. casualties in Syria since the fall of the dictator Bashar al-Assad.
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Israel Says It Killed Senior Hamas Commander, Despite Cease-Fire
Hamas said the attack on Saturday was a breach of the truce. The militant group did not comment on Israel’s claim to have killed one of its members.
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Belarus Frees Prominent Political Prisoners as U.S. Lifts Some Trade Sanctions
The release of the prisoners, including a Nobel laureate and two opposition leaders, was part of a monthslong rapprochement between Washington and Minsk.
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Russia Bombs Ukraine Port of Odesa Amid Peace Talks
Much of Ukraine’s largest Black Sea port was without power, heat and water on Saturday after strikes from Russia, which has shown little appetite for a deal to end the war.
