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How Trump’s AI Action Plan and Executive Orders Will Impact U.S. Technology and Federal Procurement

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 8/6/2025

On July 23, 2025, President Trump announced a sweeping new AI strategy, releasing the highly anticipated "Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan" and signing three executive orders regarding federal procurement,...more

DOJ and BIS Flex Enforcement Priorities as U.S. Semiconductor Design Company Agrees to Guilty Plea and $140M Fine

Fenwick & West LLP on 8/6/2025

On July 28, 2025, the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), announced parallel criminal and civil-administrative export...more

Hot Topics in International Trade - August 2025 - The U.S. Effort to Keep AI Out of China’s Hands

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC on 8/5/2025

It comes as no surprise China has been a major focus point of the second Trump administration. One of the key reasons for this focus is the increasing national security concerns over technology. In particular, the smuggling...more

AI News Roundup – Trump administration weighs replacing Biden-era AI export controls, AI roils job market for new college...

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 8/4/2025

To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following....more

EU Targets Russia’s Energy, Financial and Defense Sectors in 18th Sanctions Package

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/1/2025

- What is new: The EU adopted its 18th sanctions package against Russia and Belarus, imposing asset freezes on 55 additional individuals and entities, expanding sectoral sanctions and introducing new restrictions targeting...more

White House Releases AI Action Plan: Key Legal and Strategic Takeaways for Industry

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/30/2025

- What is new: The Trump administration’s AI Action Plan reflects a striking shift in approach, with the federal government driving development, expansion and regulation, focusing on deregulation, permitting, procurement and...more

The AI Action Plan and Its Key Implementations - AI: The Washington Report

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints on 7/30/2025

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

New Federal AI Action Plan Prioritizes Deregulation, Infrastructure, and Global Leadership

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 7/29/2025

The White House released on July 23, 2025, Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan (“AI Action Plan”) pursuant to President Trump’s Executive Order 14179, Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial...more

White House Unveils "America's AI Action Plan"

Baker Botts L.L.P. on 7/29/2025

On July 23, 2025, the White House published its much-anticipated “America’s AI Action Plan” (the Plan), a comprehensive strategy designed to advance U.S. global leadership in artificial intelligence (AI). Developed under the...more

EU adopts 18th sanctions package against Russia

White & Case LLP on 7/28/2025

On 19 July 2025, the EU published its 18th package of sanctions against Russia. The package introduces several new measures and updates in relation to the energy, financial, and defence sectors. Key changes include new and...more

Trump Administration’s AI Action Plan and New Executive Orders Offer Strategic Opportunities and Legal Risks for Private...

Husch Blackwell LLP on 7/28/2025

Key Point: “Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan,” the Trump Administration’s summary approach to federal artificial intelligence (AI) policy, and three new Executive Orders (EO) propose a wide-ranging federal strategy...more

White House Releases America’s AI Action Plan

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 7/28/2025

On July 23, 2025, the White House announced its long-awaited comprehensive AI Action Plan titled “Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan” (the Plan). The Plan is aimed at positioning the U.S. as the global leader in AI...more

White House Issues Long-Awaited AI Action Plan and Accompanying Executive Orders

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 7/25/2025

On July 23, 2025, the Trump Administration released its long-anticipated AI Action Plan, outlining a federal roadmap to maintain U.S. global leadership in artificial intelligence (AI). The plan serves as a guiding policy...more

Client Alert: Trump Administration Releases AI Action Plan and Three Executive Orders: Key Implications for Business Strategy

Jenner & Block on 7/25/2025

On July 23, 2025, the Trump administration debuted its long-awaited AI Action Plan (the Plan), identifying a range of policies to be implemented across the federal government to “usher in a new golden age of human...more

AI on the Prize: Trump Unveils His Vision for American AI Leadership

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 7/25/2025

On Wednesday, July 23, President Trump released his long-anticipated artificial intelligence (AI) policy agenda, “Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan” (“Action Plan”). The Action Plan follows a January executive...more

White House Releases AI Action Plan: "Winning the Race: America's AI Action Plan"

Paul Hastings LLP on 7/24/2025

On July 23, the White House released its strategic action plan on AI, “Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan” (the AI Action Plan), which is designed to secure U.S. global leadership in AI with a strategic focus on...more

Episode 378 — Update on Export and Sanctions Enforcement Cases

The Volkov Law Group on 7/22/2025

The Trump Administration is aggressively pursuing export controls and sanctions enforcement. In two separate cases, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control and the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry...more

Significant U.S. Sanctions Relief for Syrian Arab Republic

Patomak Global Partners on 7/16/2025

The United States had imposed layers of sanctions on Syria since deeming it a State Sponsor of Terrorism in 1979. The U.S. Treasury imposed most sanctions during the Iraq War and the Syrian Civil War. In December 2024, Hay’at...more

The United States Terminates Countrywide Syria Sanctions and Is Working Towards Lifting Additional Trade Restrictions

K2 Integrity on 7/15/2025

Building on prior relief of sanctions and other restrictive trade measures earlier this year (as described in K2 Integrity alerts dated 15 May and 09 June 2025), on 30 June 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a new...more

President Trump Signs Law with Over $1 Billion of AI Funding, and US Rescinds Chip Export Restrictions to China - AI: The...

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints on 7/14/2025

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

From Embargo to Engagement: U.S. Reopens Doors to Syria

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 7/7/2025

After the fall of the former regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, the Presidential Administration has taken steps to formally dismantle the U.S.’s two-decade-long comprehensive trade restrictions on Syria. These steps began...more

[Webinar] 180 Days of the Trump Administration—Quick Hits on Executive Orders, Actions, and Policies - July 17th - August 13th,...

Blank Rome LLP on 7/3/2025

Blank Rome presents a new summer webinar series where our interdisciplinary team will unpack the most pressing legal, regulatory, and policy developments from the Trump Administration’s first 180 days. Each session offers...more

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