AI Today in 5: August 7, 2025. The US v. China Episode
LathamTECH in Focus: Move Fast, Stay Compliant
Daily Compliance News: August 6, 2025, The Spanking Banks Edition
Daily Compliance News: August 1, 2025, The All AI Edition
Innovation in Compliance: Scaling Compliance Programs: Insights from a Navy Veteran and Compliance Leader
JONES DAY TALKS®: Real Assets Roundup Episode 2: A First Look at Data Centers: The Fourth Utility
LathamTECH in Focus: Tech Deals: The Emerging Focus of FDI Regulators?
LathamTECH in Focus: Navigating National Security: The Impact of FDI Reviews on Tech M&A
Compliance Tip of the Day: Rethinking Corporate AI Governance Through Design Intelligence
Maryland's Sales Tax on IT and Data Services
Sunday Book Review: July 20, 2025, The Best Books on Business Edition
(Podcast) The Briefing: Anthropic, Copyright, and the Fair Use Divide
The Briefing: Anthropic, Copyright, and the Fair Use Divide
SkadBytes Podcast | Tech’s Shifting Landscape: Five Trends Shaping the Conversation
No Password Required: From AOL to Award-Winning Cuisine to High-Stakes Hacking
The Authenticity Advantage: How Runbin Dong’s Scale Social AI Helps Small Businesses Shine
#Risk New York Speaker Series – Bridging the Gap: Effective Risk Communication in Compliance with Rob Clark, Jr.
Hsu Untied interview with Brad Waugh, General Counsel at TP-Link
Risk New York Speaker Series: AI Investments and Political Uncertainty with Chris Mason
#Risk New York Speaker Series: Exploring AI Risks in Compliance with Gwen Hassan
On July 23, 2025, just hours after releasing the AI Action Plan, President Donald Trump signed three executive orders aimed at accelerating data center construction, expanding the global reach of U.S. AI technology and...more
In 2023, the U.S. Space Force launched the Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Tools, Application, & Processing (TAP) Lab. The SDA TAP Lab aims to accelerate the delivery of space battle management software to operational units....more
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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
The White House recently unveiled “America’s AI Action Plan,” a comprehensive strategy designed to secure United States leadership in the global artificial intelligence race. The plan is built on three foundational pillars:...more
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Google removed its organizational ban on the use of AI for weapons and surveillance systems. The change eliminates key portions of the tech giant’s AI Principles that banned such uses. These principles, established in 2018,...more
Summary - The order requires the deploying and maintaining of a next-generation missile defense shield. Also requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to the President a reference architecture, capabilities-based...more
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The new year has brought with it new funding opportunities from the US government in support of companies developing technologies crucial to national security. On January 2, 2025, the Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) of the...more
The U.S. Department of State's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) has unveiled an ambitious regulatory agenda for 2025, with 14 planned actions that will significantly revise the International Traffic in Arms...more
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS) has broad authority—born out of executive action during the first Trump administration—to identify and mitigate...more
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The Biden Administration on Oct. 24, 2024, issued a memorandum, "Advancing the United States' Leadership in Artificial Intelligence; Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Fulfill National Security Objectives; and Fostering...more
The Defense Department will provide loans and loan guarantees to support commercial supply chains for technologies that are critical to U.S. national security. The Defense Department Office of Strategic Capital will carry...more
The U.S. Department of Defense's (DOD) Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) on Sept. 27, 2024, published a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) that would make up to $984 million in loans available for a range of projects that...more
In January, the Department of Defense (DoD) released its inaugural National Defense Industrial Strategy (NDIS), which seeks to “catalyze generational change” to the existing defense industrial ecosystem. This...more
Last week, the White House issued an update on President Biden’s October 30, 2023 Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (the “AI EO” or “EO”). The update detailed...more
WHAT: The Space Force’s Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Tools, Applications, & Processing (TAP) Lab is kicking off its inaugural Project Apollo cohort on October 26, 2023. Open to all domestic companies, Project Apollo will be...more
Chinese semiconductors are ubiquitous within the United States and its private- and public-sector supply chains. To contend with the attendant national security and economic risks (whether real or perceived), Congress...more
President Joe Biden signed into law the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (2023 NDAA or Defense Bill) on Dec. 23, 2022. The Defense Bill, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives on...more
The U.S. government’s national security and economic priorities around encouraging and adopting innovation is on full display in the soon-to-be-finalized Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). In this...more
Over the past few days, PilieroMazza received a number of inquiries related to our recent posting entitled DOD Releases New List of Section 889 Banned Entities. In that post, we discussed how DOD recently released a new list...more