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September 03, 2019 - Regulatory, Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property
AI Patent Policy – Calling All Technology Practitioners
By: Anna Yuan and Karen G Potter Ph.D.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become one of the most disruptive technologies of our era. For many technology companies and startups, AI constitutes the core of their prized products, from autonomous vehicles to pick-and-place robots to voice assistants. With the rapid development of AI comes
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July 15, 2019 - Regulatory, Blockchain, Fintech
First Token Offering Qualified by the SEC Under Regulation A
By: John T. Owen and Alfredo B. D. Silva
On July 10, 2019, Blockstack Token LLC (“Blockstack”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blockstack PBC, a Delaware public benefit corporation, became the first company to have an offering of digital assets qualified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under Regulation A. Blockstack is
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May 23, 2019 - Regulatory, Hardware, Software, Telecommunications
Commerce Issues Narrow License for Certain Transactions with Huawei
By: John E. Smith, Joseph A. Benkert and Charles L. Capito
The Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a 90-day temporary general license exempting a set of transactions from the Entity List designation of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (“Huawei”) and its affiliates worldwide, which was effective May 16, 2019. The
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April 03, 2019 - Regulatory, Blockchain, European Union, Financings, Fintech
FCA Guidance on UK Crypto-Assets Regulation
The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority published draft guidance on the circumstances in which crypto-assets will fall within its regulatory perimeter and has invited comments and feedback on the draft guidance by 5 April 2019. In particular, it explains how it divides crypto-tokens into
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April 02, 2019 - Regulatory
CFIUS’s Axe to Grind: China’s Kunlun Reportedly Forced to Divest Grindr Amid Concerns Over Sensitive Personal Data
By: Charles L. Capito
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is reportedly forcing Beijing Kunlun Tech Co. Ltd. (“Kunlun”) to divest Grindr LLC (“Grindr”), the dating app Kunlun acquired in 2016. Much of the popular press is focusing on the seemingly remote connection between
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November 20, 2018 - Regulatory, Artificial Intelligence
Opportunity to Comment on Emerging Technologies Subject to Future Export and Investment Restrictions
By: Joseph A. Benkert, Robert S. Litt and Charles L. Capito
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
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October 15, 2018 - Regulatory
New CFIUS Pilot Program Expands U.S. Government Review of Tech Transactions
By: Robert S. Litt and Charles L. Capito
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
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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: 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
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August 07, 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: 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 “television.” It
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May 23, 2018 - Regulatory
Revised CFIUS Bill Receives Unanimous Approval in House and Senate Committees; Increases Export Controls for “Critical Technologies”
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)
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Topic Archives: Regulatory

AI Patent Policy – Calling All Technology Practitioners

By: Anna Yuan and Karen G Potter Ph.D.

First Token Offering Qualified by the SEC Under Regulation A

By: John T. Owen and Alfredo B. D. Silva

Commerce Issues Narrow License for Certain Transactions with Huawei

By: John E. Smith, Joseph A. Benkert and Charles L. Capito

FCA Guidance on UK Crypto-Assets Regulation

CFIUS’s Axe to Grind: China’s Kunlun Reportedly Forced to Divest Grindr Amid Concerns Over Sensitive Personal Data

By: Charles L. Capito

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

By: Joseph A. Benkert, Robert S. Litt and Charles L. Capito

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

By: Robert S. Litt and Charles L. Capito

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

By: Julie O'Neill

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

By: Rebecca M. Balinskas

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