Following a leaked 200-page document, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) is leading a Senate Judiciary subcommittee investigation into whether Meta’s generative AI products have enabled exploitation or harm to children, and if the...more
8/25/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Bias ,
Deep Fake ,
New Legislation ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Senate Committees ,
Social Media ,
State Legislatures ,
Transparency
With its existing authority, the Federal Trade Commission was considered a likely situs for federal regulatory and antitrust enforcement vis-à-vis AI. However, instead President Trump’s AI Action Plan directs the FTC to...more
8/18/2025
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Division ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Competition ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Innovation ,
Mergers ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Trump Administration
Last August, we wrote about the Justice Department’s lawsuit against software developer RealPage, which alleged that the property management software company enabled rent collusion, through its revenue management product, in...more
8/14/2025
/ Algorithms ,
Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Competition ,
Consent Decrees ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Landlords ,
Price-Fixing ,
Sherman Act ,
Software Developers
On July 30, Unleashing AI Innovation in Financial Services Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill was reintroduced to “establish regulatory guardrails at financial regulatory agencies for regulated entities to test AI projects.”...more
In what Epic Games’ CEO describes as a “[t]otal victory in the Epic v. Google appeal”, on July 31, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a 2023 jury verdict (along with the contours entry of the...more
The Trump administration released the AI Action Plan last week, unveiling a new roadmap to AI dominance and global leadership for the US. It highlights actions that remove regulatory barriers to prioritize developing AI...more
7/30/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
China ,
Data Centers ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Infrastructure ,
Innovation ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Semiconductors ,
Trump Administration
As the Trump administration rolls out its AI Action Plan, which we will separately cover in depth in the next few days, with goals to keep government oversight to a minimum and prioritize innovation, the initial EOs have made...more
7/25/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Climate Change ,
Data Centers ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Executive Orders ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Renewable Energy ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration
On July 9, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) voted 26-1 to advance the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 to the Senate floor. The Senate version of the NDAA includes a comprehensive...more
7/21/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cybersecurity ,
Defense Sector ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Government Agencies ,
National Security ,
New Legislation ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Senate Committees
After the FTC issued a replacement of the 2016 Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals on January 16, 2025, Commissioner – now Chair – Andrew N. Ferguson, joined by Commissioner Melissa Holyoak, punctuated his...more
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which allocates over $1 billion toward advancing the federal government’s use of AI.
The funding package reinforces the administration’s...more
7/14/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
China ,
Export Controls ,
Federal Funding ,
National Security ,
New Legislation ,
Popular ,
Semiconductors ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
On June 30, 2025, the US District Court for the District of New Jersey denied Apple’s Motion to Dismiss the U.S. Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) lawsuit accusing the company of violating Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act...more
On Tuesday, July 1, the Senate passed the “Big Beautiful Bill” with Vice President Vance casting the tie-breaking vote.The bill as passed contains no moratorium on state-level AI laws. Even after the provision that had passed...more
The Senate Parliamentarian approved Senator Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) rewritten version of the House-passed 10-year state AI law moratorium, after concerns that the original moratorium would not comply with the Senate’s Byrd Rule....more
6/27/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Broadband ,
Clean Energy ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Federal Funding ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Reform ,
State and Local Government ,
Trump Administration
Parts of the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan were disclosed online, according to reporting from various news outlets. The disclosure of AI.gov, a new federal website aimed to “accelerate government innovation with AI,”...more
On June 6, President Trump issued an Executive Order on cybersecurity to manage AI software vulnerabilities and compromises in the federal government. The EO also directs various agencies to share their datasets for cyber...more
6/16/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cybersecurity ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Funding ,
Government Agencies ,
National Security ,
New Legislation ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
Technology Sector
The proposed 10-year ban on state AI regulations that passed the House is now headed to the Senate, where it faces an uncertain future.
Several Republican Senators have come out against the proposed moratorium on policy...more
On May 15, FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson testified to the House Appropriations Committee that his agency needs additional resources to fulfill its enforcement obligations under the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which bans AI-generated...more
On May 19, President Trump signed the TAKE IT DOWN Act into law, which criminalizes the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), including AI-generated deepfakes.
The TAKE IT DOWN Act is the first US law to...more
5/23/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Data Centers ,
Deep Fake ,
Export Controls ,
Investment ,
National Security ,
New Legislation ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Technology ,
Trump Administration ,
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
On May 9, the United States Copyright Office (Office) issued a pre-publication version of its third Report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (Report), which focuses on the question of the use of copyrighted materials...more
On May 7, the Trump administration announced plans to rescind a Biden-era AI chip export control rule and replace it with a new rule.
“The Biden AI rule is overly complex, overly bureaucratic and would stymie American...more
5/12/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Controls ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Misleading Statements ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Semiconductors ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration
Over the past few weeks, several Trump Administration antitrust enforcers at both the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“DOJ Antitrust”) have written or spoken about the...more
5/7/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
America First Trade Policy ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Enforcement ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Mergers ,
Popular ,
Private Equity ,
Trump Administration
On April 29, 2025, Congress passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act in a rare moment of nearly unanimous support for AI-related legislation. The act would prohibit the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), including...more
On April 16, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) published a report on the Chinese company DeepSeek’s AI model with findings from the committee’s investigation into DeepSeek.
The report...more
4/25/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Export Controls ,
New Legislation ,
NVIDIA ,
Popular ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
On April 1, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) launched a Section 232 investigation into the national security of semiconductor imports. On April 16, Commerce published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public...more
4/21/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Controls ,
Fraud ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
Semiconductors ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
Following President Trump’s Executive Order on Reducing Anti-Competitive Regulatory Barriers, the FTC—led by Chairman Andrew Ferguson—launched a public inquiry this week into “how federal regulations can harm competition in...more