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King & Spalding

Recent Actions by the SEC Related to Digital Assets

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Two recent actions by the SEC show the agency is already acting on President Trump’s support for digital assets. In January, a Crypto Task Force to promote innovation was formed. Our Fintech lawyers outline the scope and...more

Goodwin

Tech M&A Poised for Growth in 2025 Despite Temporary Challenges

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Continued AI innovation, pent-up cash balances, and the potential for renewed investor optimism and increased regulatory clarity will likely drive dealmaking later this year, after the bout of market uncertainty subsides....more

Carlton Fields

SEC 2025 Examination Priorities Shine Light on AI

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Changes in available financial technology are changing the way the SEC’s Division of Examinations will examine registered firms. The division’s recently released 2025 examination priorities focus on the emerging risks posed...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

Why the Release of China’s DeepSeek AI Software Triggered a Stock Market Panic and Trillion Dollar Loss

DeepSeek, a startup AI company owned by a Chinese hedge fund, which is in turn owned by a young AI whiz-kid, Liang Wenfeng, claims that its newly released V-3 software-R1 was trained inexpensively and without using NVIDIA’s...more

McDermott Will & Emery

AI and the Law: Emerging Trends in Enforcement

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Deemed the Fourth Industrial Revolution, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as the newest watershed technological development of the 21st century, as evidenced by its near ubiquity in discussions of everything from how...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

All Eyes on AI: Regulatory, Litigation, and Transactional Developments – Q2 2024

The firm is pleased to distribute the Q2 2024 edition of All Eyes on AI: Regulatory, Litigation, and Transactional Developments, which closely follows the evolving regulatory landscape for artificial intelligence (AI) in the...more

Mayer Brown

FINRA Reminds Members of Regulatory Obligations When Using Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models

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On June 27, 2024, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) issued Regulatory Notice 24- 09 (the “Notice”) reminding member firms that FINRA’s rules and the securities laws apply to the use of artificial...more

J.S. Held

IP and Tech: Twin Engines of Innovative Sustainability

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In the quest for a sustainable future, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent goalposts, albeit lofty ones, that countries can aim for. These 17 interconnected goals address pressing global...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Pay No Attention to that Man Behind the Curtain: Federal Regulators Crack Down on AI Washing

After more than a decade of development, Amazon has pulled the plug on its “Just Walk Out” technology where Amazon would use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to analyze footage from in-store cameras to...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

The 3 E’s for Proactive Compliance Against AI-Washing

On April 15, 2024, Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal delivered remarks during a Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement Spring Conference 2024.  He addressed artificial...more

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

Climate in context: Geopolitics, business, and the board

In this collaboration between the KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC) and Eurasia Group, our aim is to help widen the boardroom aperture on the global climate challenge—where it stands, and what’s at stake—and to help boards...more

BCLP

Stumbling Block? What is the Path Ahead for DeFi Through the Eyes of Policymakers?

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DeFi development carried quietly on throughout 2023, but DeFi protocols also faced significant hurdles. In the US, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) increased their...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Agencies on the Lookout for AI Washing

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The Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Trade Commission are on the lookout for unsubstantiated claims surrounding artificial intelligence (AI)....more

BCLP

A Survey of the US AI Regulatory Landscape

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As companies increasingly integrate AI into their products, services, processes, and decision-making, they need to do so in ways that comply with the different laws that have been passed and proposed to regulate the use of AI...more

The Volkov Law Group

Board Oversight and Monitoring of Artificial Intelligence Risks

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Corporate boards face a panoply of risks – and the nature of these risks are quickly evolving.  Cybersecurity has quickly risen to the top of the list of corporate risks.  Add to that the new SEC regulations on cybersecurity...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

SEC Proposes Rule to Address Use of AI By Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisors

Spurred by the prevalent use of predictive data analytics by broker-dealers and investment advisers to direct their recommendations to investors and to ensure that investor interests remain paramount, the Securities and...more

Perkins Coie

Fundamentals of Non-Fungible Tokens

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Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been widely adopted by the sports, arts, music, gaming, fashion, and other industries. Behind the hype is a fast-developing ecosystem of technical and commercial innovation that is embracing...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Post-SPAC Nikola Settles SEC Inquiry, Agrees to Pay $125 Million

Nikola Corporation stormed onto the electric vehicle scene in 2016 offering concepts for zero-emission vehicles. While the SEC does not set emission standards, they have long had standards for omissions – and Nikola is being...more

Polsinelli

House of Pay’n – House Passes Bill to Help Create Legal Framework for Digital Asset Regulation

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On Tuesday, April 20, 2021, the House of Representatives passed the Eliminate Barriers to Innovation Act of 2021 (the “Act”). The Act was initially introduced in March with an overarching aim to clarify the roles of the...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

OCIE Releases 2020 Examination Priorities

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) published its 2020 Examination Priorities, an annual publication that enhances transparency and provides insights into...more

Polsinelli

BitBlog Weekly Summary

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This summary covers the last two weeks which includes news about continued enforcement actions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) involving fraudulent digital asset transactions, dismissal of a securities...more

Burr & Forman

Renegade Pandas, Competitive Regulation and a Token Safe-Harbor?

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In a July 30 speech in Singapore, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce compared renegade red pandas’ penchant for life “outside the fence” to the fin-tech innovation currently frustrating regulators’ efforts to keep up....more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

Utah Passes the Third State-Run “Sandbox” for Innovative Financial Products and Services

Utah’s governor recently signed into law H.B. 378, which created a sandbox program for companies providing “innovative financial products or services” in the state. The program, run by Utah’s Department of Commerce, requires...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 7.9.2019 | Top Story: Deutsche Bank Cuts 18,000 Jobs Globally

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Lots more details on what turned out to be something of a bloodbath for Deutsche Bank employees around the world, with the bank starting to make good yesterday on its plans to cut nearly 18,000 employees worldwide – NYTimes...more

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SEC’s FinHub Hosts Public Forum

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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology (“FinHub”) hosted an important public forum on Friday, May 31, 2019 at the SEC headquarters in Washington, D.C. ...more

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