Welcome to the September edition of Akin Intelligence. As the U.S. Congress reconvenes after the August recess, we continue to see bipartisan interest in artificial intelligence (AI) regulation. In the executive branch,...more
9/18/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
China ,
Class Action ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Office ,
Cybersecurity ,
Deep Fake ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Federal Election Commission (FEC) ,
Foreign Investment ,
Healthcare ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Jurisdiction ,
NDAA ,
Outbound Transactions ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Thought Leadership ,
UK ,
USPTO
Key Points -
On August 9, 2023, President Biden issued a long-anticipated Executive Order on outbound investment aimed at addressing concerns related to China’s advancement in sensitive technologies critical for military,...more
The Departments of the Treasury and Commerce recently provided reports to Congress describing plans under consideration to regulate outbound investment, as required by the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act. Key highlights...more
Last month we alerted our clients to the expected impact of the Implementation Rules for the Law for Promoting Private Education (“Education Sector Implementation Rules”), which signaled a continued focus by the authorities...more
On June 10, 2021, the 29th session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress ("NPC") adopted China’s new Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law,1which took immediate effect. The new law provides legal grounds for...more
- On April 16, 2020, the Chinese competition authority finally announced its conditional approval of Nvidia’s $6.9 billion acquisition of Mellanox.
- The Chinese SAMR approved the acquisition after a yearlong investigation...more
The National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce jointly released the new Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) for the Access of Foreign Investment (2019) in China (the “2019 Negative...more