2/12/2026 2:56:04 PM White House Defense Contractor Push Is About Innovation, Not Punishment By Brendan Dignan Eric Robinson The President’s January 7 Executive Order threatened penalties for contractors that were both "underperforming" and engaged in stock...
2/3/2026 3:19:42 PM “Project Vault” signals a new era of federal demand support for critical minerals stockpiles By Rebecca Seidl Inglesby Eric Robinson “Project Vault” is a first of its kind $12 billion strategic stockpile for critical minerals. By pairing Export-Import Bank financing...
1/29/2026 8:29:19 PM House Committee Passes Significant Clean Air Act Amendments - Key Changes Identified By Matt Trawick Julie Cress Allison Watkins Mallick Debra Jezouit Jeffrey Wood +2 more... Show less On January 21, 2026, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce reported a package of bills that, if enacted, would constitute the most...
1/28/2026 6:44:27 PM EU Issues Adequacy Decision for Brazil By Nick Palmieri On January 26, the European Commission adopted an adequacy decision under Article 45 GDPR finding that Brazil's general data privacy law...
1/28/2026 5:20:21 PM Supreme Court to Take on Definition of "Consumer" Under VPPA By Nick Palmieri On January 26, 2026, the Supreme Court granted the petition in Salazar v. Paramount Global (Case No. 25-459) to address “[w]hether the...
12/9/2025 10:06:51 PM CJEU Rules on GDPR Obligations for Advertisements By Nick Palmieri The Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU"), on request for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal of Cluj, Romania, has...
12/9/2025 10:05:19 PM Canada Releases Accessibility Standard for Artificial Intelligence By Nick Palmieri Accessibility Standards Canada has published the first edition of the National Standard of Canada CAN-ASC-6.2:2025, Accessible and...
12/1/2025 10:19:59 PM USPTO Publishes New Inventorship Guidance for "AI-Assisted Inventions" By Nick Palmieri The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued revised examination guidance on inventorship for AI-assisted inventions, rescinding its...
11/20/2025 5:20:57 PM India Notifies Final Rules for Digital Data Protection Act By Nick Palmieri After legal review following the expected notification date at the tend of September, India's government has notified the Digital...
11/7/2025 9:50:49 PM EDPB and European Commission Issue Joint Guidelines on Intersection of DMA and GDPR By Nick Palmieri On October 9, 2025, the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") and the European Commission issued (for public consultation) joint...
10/28/2025 10:08:58 PM U.S.–Japan Critical Minerals and Rare Earths: A Full-Circle Moment, 2010 → 2025 By Rebecca Seidl Inglesby Eric Robinson Brendan Dignan The U.S. and Japan have signed a new Framework for Securing the Supply of Critical Minerals and Rare Earths, committing to coordinated...
10/23/2025 2:44:41 PM Illinois Enacts First-in-the-Nation Guardrails on AI Therapy By Michelle Molner On August 4, 2025, Illinois enacted the Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act (HB 1806), the first U.S. state law to...