On June 6, 2025, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order (E.O.) 14306 to scale back a range of cybersecurity requirements and government-wide approaches implemented by the Biden Administration....more
6/16/2025
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On July 26, 2024, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (“NIST”), part of the Department of Commerce, released guidelines, a global engagement plan, and software covering various aspects of AI technology...more
On April 4, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency published a notice of proposed rulemaking setting out mandatory reporting requirements for covered entities that experience cybersecurity incidents or make...more
5/13/2024
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Recently, New York Governor Kathy Hochul proposed sweeping artificial intelligence (AI) regulatory measures intended to protect against untrustworthy and fraudulent uses of AI. Presented as part of her FY 2025 Executive...more
3/6/2024
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On February 28, 2024, President Biden signed Executive Order 14117, “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and U.S. Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern” (the EO), under the authority of the...more
3/4/2024
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Our initial thoughts on the Biden Executive Order first appeared on WilmerHale’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Blog the day that the Executive Order was released.
On October 30, 2023, the Biden Administration issued its...more
11/13/2023
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Today, the Biden Administration released its highly anticipated Executive Order on Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence, setting forth a broad vision of the Administration’s legal, regulatory, and policy...more