Topic Archives: Regulatory

November 20, 2018 - Autonomous Systems + Robotics, Artificial Intelligence + Machine Learning, Regulatory

Opportunity to Comment on Emerging Technologies Subject to Future Export and Investment Restrictions

By: John P. Carlin, Nicholas J. Spiliotes, Joseph A. Benkert, Robert S. Litt, Panagiotis C. Bayz, Charles L. Capito III, and Amy S. Josselyn

The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM or the “Notice”) on November 19, 2018, concerning the list of “emerging and foundational technologies” that BIS was tasked to identify under the Export Control Reform …›

October 15, 2018 - Regulatory

New CFIUS Pilot Program Expands U.S. Government Review of Tech Transactions

By: John P. Carlin, Nicholas J. Spiliotes, Robert S. Litt, Panagiotis C. Bayz, and Charles L. Capito III

The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA”), which became law on August 13, 2018, effected sweeping change to the authority and processes of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”). Many of FIRRMA’s most significant changes were not …›

August 15, 2018 - Privacy + Data Security, Regulatory

Privacy Across the Atlantic: Comparing the EU GDPR and California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 - A Morrison & Foerster Data Protection Webinar

By: Christine E. Lyon and Julie O'Neill

Just over a month after the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect, California passed its own sweeping privacy legislation, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018. The Act stands to affect countless global companies doing business in California, many of which recently devoted …›

August 7, 2018 - Regulatory, Telecommunications

If Your Company Offers Streaming Services, You Should Be Aware that States and Localities Are Taking Different Approaches to Taxing Such Services

By: Craig B. Fields and Rebecca M. Balinskas

Many states and localities are concerned that the proliferation of streaming services is shrinking tax revenues previously received from sales of traditional forms of entertainment. Those concerns are not unfounded. The rapid development of streaming services has drastically changed how people watch …›

May 23, 2018 - Regulatory

Revised CFIUS Bill Receives Unanimous Approval in House and Senate Committees; Increases Export Controls for “Critical Technologies”

By: John P. Carlin, Nicholas J. Spiliotes, and Panagiotis C. Bayz

Legislation that would substantially overhaul the law governing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) received unanimous committee approvals in the House and Senate today. The proposed legislation (known as “FIRRMA,” for the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018) …›

April 30, 2018 - Regulatory

EU Digital Market VAT Reform

By: Mercedes Samavi and Trevor L James

Since 2015, the European Union has been gradually implementing a series of reforms designed to create a Digital Single Market across the EU. In setting its reform agenda, the European Commission looked beyond areas traditionally associated with the regulation of technology and digital services, …›

March 19, 2018 - Financings, Regulatory

European E-Commerce Markets: Competition Initiatives for 2018

By: Andreas Grünwald

As part of the EU’s Digital Single Market initiative, the European Commission has been working to identify potential competition concerns affecting European e-commerce markets. The Commission suspects that companies have created artificial barriers to trade which impede the development of the e-commerce industry in …›