Topic Archives: Regulatory

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, Rebecca M. Balinskas, and Michael J. Hilkin

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 …›

March 2, 2018 - Autonomous Systems + Robotics, Regulatory

Personal Delivery Devices (PDD): New Transportation Frontiers Emerge for Autonomous Vehicle Rulemakers

By: Tessa J. Schwartz and Ali A. Zaidi

When most people think of autonomous vehicles (AVs), expansive highways filled with driverless sports utility vehicles and 18-wheelers likely spring to mind. But there’s another whole category of driverless vehicles in need of regulation: personal delivery devices (PDDs), small autonomous vehicles that mostly use …›

February 28, 2018 - Autonomous Systems + Robotics, Regulatory

California Opens the Road to Fully Driverless Cars; Federal Policymaking Slowly Rolls Forward

By: Tessa J. Schwartz and Ali A. Zaidi

New regulations from California’s Department of Motor Vehicles are the first in the nation to allow permits for the testing—and the post-testing deployment—of automatic vehicles (AVs) without a human driver present in the vehicle. California’s new regulations aren’t without significant requirements, however. Find out what …›

February 8, 2018 - Blockchain, Fintech, Regulatory

Do You Want to Launch an ICO? Please, Listen to the SEC

By: F. Dario de Martino, Spencer D. Klein, and Mara Elyse Goodman

The Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Jay Clayton, urged market professionals who in any way participate in initial coin offerings (ICOs) to “act responsibly.” Having once stated that all the ICOs he’s seen have had “a sufficient number of hallmarks of …›