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Trump Plans to Create a U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund and Suggests Potential TikTok Acquisition

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President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) on Feb. 3, 2025, directing the Treasury and Commerce secretaries to submit a comprehensive plan within 90 days for the creation of the United States' first Sovereign...more

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Preparing for a TikTok Ban: What Employers Should Do to Ensure Access to Crucial Information Before It Disappears

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In recent years, TikTok has become a widely used platform for communication and content sharing, boasting nearly 2 billion users globally and 170 million active users in the U.S. alone. And while other social media platforms...more

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Executive Orders to Watch for Federal Contractors and Fund Recipients

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President Trump signed a multitude of Executive Orders (EOs) during his first two weeks in office. EOs are directives from the President to federal agencies that do not require Congressional approval. EOs include mandates...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

The TikTok Ban Saga: SCOTUS, Trump’s Executive Order, and the Implications for Digital Marketing and Emerging Platforms

From expedited Constitutional challenges to an exodus of self-proclaimed “TikTok Refugees” to new foreign-owned social media platforms, the past week leading up to the Jan. 19, 2025, deadline for the TikTok Ban has been a...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

After Supreme Court Upholds Ban, Trump Issues EO Giving TikTok an Extension

Despite bipartisan support for banning TikTok – essentially spyware presenting a national security threat from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) – in the United States (as done by India) and the Supreme Court’s upholding...more

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Posts, Profits, & Penalties | Tax Law & Social Media | Part 1

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A popular social media platform has been a hot topic for lawmakers, the media, and its users recently, and what a better way to kick off this series than to provide a summary and update of its status in the United States....more

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Social Links: TikTok’s Wild Ride

In a rare unanimous decision, on January 17, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law that bans TikTok in the United States on national security grounds so long as it has its current ownership structure. TikTok chose to make the...more

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President Trump's Executive Order Halts TikTok Ban

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President Donald Trump on Jan. 20, 2025, signed an Executive Order (E.O.), Application of Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications to TikTok, halting the recently issued ban on the TikTok app (Act)...more

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Pause on Enforcement of TikTok Ban

This EO instructs the Attorney General to delay enforcement of the TikTok ban for 75 days. The Attorney General will issue a letter to each provider stating that there has been no violation of the statute and that there is no...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Trump’s Day 1 Executive Orders: Key Impacts and Advisory for Businesses

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On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an array of wide-ranging Executive actions. Wiley has established a multidisciplinary Executive Order (EO) response team that is tracking and analyzing developments in real time....more

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AI Reporter - June 2024

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In the entertainment industry, Sony Music asserted that AI companies don’t have permission to use its recording artists’ works for AI training. In response to the industry’s concerns over the use of AI, members of Congress...more

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Push to restrict sharing of sensitive data heats up in the House

On March 20, the U.S. House of Representatives passed House Resolution 7520, the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024, targeting companies that sell sensitive information to “foreign adversaries.” ...more

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Federal Leasing 2023: The Year in Review

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This is the first edition of Holland & Knight's Federal Real Estate Leasing Year in Review. For years, our GSA Leasing & Federal Real Estate Team has worked with LexisNexis to provide updated versions of the Federal...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Nineteen States Have Banned TikTok on Government-Issued Devices

Governors of numerous states have issued Executive Orders in the past several weeks banning TikTok from government-issued devices and many have already implemented a ban, with others considering similar measures. There is...more

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Recent Executive Actions Represent Latest Evolution of U.S.-China Relations

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President Biden's Executive Orders on China underscore the need for experienced counsel in U.S.-China transactions as the two countries' relations continue to impact the regulatory landscape. On June 9, 2021, President Biden...more

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Biden’s Executive Order on Protecting Americans’ Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries

Published on June 9, 2021, President Biden’s Executive Order on Protecting America’s Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries is the latest Executive Order seeking to strengthen national security by improving public and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Biden Administration Rescinds Trump's TikTok and WeChat Bans, Issues Two Executive Orders Highlighting Policies on Chinese Tech...

Earlier this month, President Biden issued two executive orders designed to address risks allegedly posed by Chinese technology companies. One order rescinds President Trump's orders banning TikTok, WeChat, and other Chinese...more

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Biden Signs Executive Order to Protect Personal Data from Foreign Adversaries

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The U.S. government's efforts to secure sensitive personal data against foreign adversaries, primarily with an eye toward China, continue. On June 9, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Executive Order on Protecting...more

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Biden Administration Revokes Trump EOs Targeting TikTok, WeChat, and Other Chinese Software Apps; Initiates Broader Investigations...

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On June 9, 2021, the Biden Administration issued an executive order (EO) entitled “Executive Order on Protecting Americans’ Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries.” This EO revoked three prior Trump Administration EOs aimed...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Beyond TikTok and WeChat: How Biden’s New EO Could Impact Foreign-Owned Apps

On June 9, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order (“EO”) revoking Trump’s orders on TikTok and WeChat. In their stead, President Biden’s EO subjects software applications controlled or owned by “foreign adversaries”...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

New E.O. Revokes TikTok and WeChat Prohibitions, But Lays Framework for New Restrictions

Yesterday, President Biden signed an Executive Order (“E.O.”) that formally revokes and replaces three earlier E.O.s that aimed to restrict transactions with TikTok, WeChat, and other communications and Fintech applications...more

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EO prohibits U.S. persons from engaging in certain transactions involving eight Chinese apps

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On 5 January 2021, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 13971 on "Addressing the Threat Posed By Applications and Other Software Developed or Controlled By Chinese Companies," which prohibits U.S. persons from...more

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Presidential EO Prohibits Transactions with Chinese Companies Alipay, WeChat Pay, Tencent QQ, and Others

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On January 5, 2021, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) prohibiting U.S. persons from engaging in transactions with eight “connected software applications” developed or controlled by Chinese companies. The...more

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Take Two: Another Executive Order Addresses U.S. Personal Data Concerns by Prohibiting Business with Companies That Develop or...

On January 5, 2021, President Trump signed another executive order (EO) to address the threat to U.S. national security posed by access to personal data by the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party. This...more

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Court Rulings Reinforce Limitations on Sweeping Executive Orders Based on IEEPA

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Recent court rulings enjoining enforcement of the Trump Administration’s Executive Order (“EO”) targeting TikTok show signs of curbing the sweeping powers of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”), which...more

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