Since the Trump 2.0 administration commenced, the U.S. federal government has experienced some major policy shifts. Several Biden-Harris administration era regulations are now eliminated or on a 60-day hold while under review. States and other organizations have filed lawsuits to stay implementation of certain Trump 2.0 initiatives (i.e., the funding freezes, deferred resignation offer
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Key Insights on President Trump’s New AI Executive Order and Policy & Regulatory Implications
On January 23, 2025, President Trump issued a new Executive Order (EO) titled “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence” (Trump EO). This EO replaces President Biden’s Executive Order 14110 of October 30, 2023, titled “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence” (Biden EO), which was rescinded on January 20, 2025,…
SECURE Act 2.0 Mandatory Automatic Enrollment Requirements for New Retirement Plans Guidance Released (US)
One of the hallmarks of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE Act 2.0) legislation was to increase participation in retirement plans. On January 10, 2025, the Treasury Department and the IRS came one step closer when they announced the issuance of proposed regulations requiring automatic enrollment for new Code Section 401(k) and 403(b) retirement…
Le ministère de la Culture admet pour la première fois des artistes étrangers au bénéfice du droit de suite en France
Takesada Matsutani, Sam Francis et Yves Tanguy sont les premiers artistes étrangers à se voir reconnaître la possibilité d’exercer le droit de suite sur leurs œuvres en France. Voici quelques explications.
La France, le forum préféré des artistes ?
Dans le domaine du droit d’auteur, la France est certainement l’un des pays qui protège le mieux…
SECURE Act 2.0 Mandatory Automatic Enrollment Requirements for New Retirement Plans Guidance Released
One of the hallmarks of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE Act 2.0) legislation was to increase participation in retirement plans. On January 10, 2025, the Treasury Department and the IRS came one step closer when they announced the issuance of proposed regulations requiring automatic enrollment for new Code Section 401(k) and 403(b) retirement…
Bipartisan Push to Strengthen American Supply Chains
Members of Congress have demonstrated an early bipartisan interest in continuing to promote US supply chain resilience, highlighting an avenue for bipartisanship in the foreign policy agenda of the new Trump Administration. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) has partnered with Democratic colleagues on the reintroduction of two pieces of legislation focused on supply chain resilience.
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HHS Publishes Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Amend HIPAA Security Rule Requirements—Comments Due March 7, 2025
Summary
On December 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (“HHS”) published its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) titled HIPAA Security Rule to Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information. HHS seeks comments on proposed modifications to the Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health…
HHS Publishes Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Amend HIPAA Security Rule Requirements – Comments Due March 7, 2025
Summary
On December 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (“HHS”) published its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) titled HIPAA Security Rule to Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information. HHS seeks comments on proposed modifications to the Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health…
Consultation: Ofcom to Auction More Spectrum for 4G and 5G Mobile Use
Ofcom has announced its intention to auction the upper block of 1.4 GHz band (1492-1517 MHz) for 4G and 5G mobile use. It expects that further deployment of the upper block of the 1.4 GHz band will help improve the performance of mobile services, particularly in areas where coverage is patchy, such as some indoor…
The Department of Labor (DOL) Adopts Self-Correction for Common Retirement Plan Fiduciary Breaches
For the first time since the DOL adopted its Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFC Program) in 2002, retirement plan sponsors will be able to utilize self-correction as an efficient means to correct their most frequent compliance failures – late transmittals of participant retirement plan contributions and retirement plan loan repayments.
The DOL finalized an…