California has approved new regulations targeting AI-related discrimination in hiring, set to take effect Oct. 1, 2025. These changes could significantly impact recruitment and personnel practices statewide.
Continue Reading Beyond Bias: California Sets a New Standard for Regulating AI in the Workplace
The EU AI Act marks the world’s first comprehensive legal framework for using and developing AI. Implementation may pose structural, technical, and governance-related challenges for companies, particularly in the area of general-purpose AI (GPAI).
Continue Reading EU AI Act: Key Compliance Considerations Ahead of August 2025
The corporation statutes in Delaware, Nevada, and Texas were amended in significant ways in 2025.
Continue Reading Overview of 2025 Delaware, Nevada, and Texas Corporate Legislation—Impact on Choice of Corporate Domicile
Net power through nuclear fusion, a long dreamed-of goal, may finally be within reach. Fusion technology is moving out of the lab and many companies, including recently-founded ones, are striving to commercialize technologies that promise to make fusion a reality.
Continue Reading Nuclear Fusion, Climate Change, and IP Rights: Striking the Right Balance
On May 31, 2025, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 149, the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA). TRAIGA sets forth disclosure requirements for government entity AI developers and deployers, outlines prohibited uses of AI, and establishes civil penalties for violations. On June 2, 2025, the bill was sent to the governor of Texas for review and signed into law on June 22.
Continue Reading TRAIGA: Key Provisions of Texas’ New Artificial Intelligence Governance Act
The demand for artificial intelligence-driven applications, cloud services, and big data analytics is rapidly increasing across Asia, with several major hyperscalers in the region expanding their digital infrastructure footprints. Although hyperscalers have made substantial investments in the construction and expansion of their own digital infrastructure, such efforts have not kept pace with the accelerating demand for capacity.
Continue Reading Demand for Data Centers Surges in Asia Amid Global AI Boom
In a precedential decision addressing the intersection of machine learning and patent law, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of Recentive Analytics, Inc.’s patent infringement claims against Fox Corp. and its affiliates. The court held that Recentive’s patents merely applied generic machine learning techniques to the fields of event scheduling and network map creation, and thus were directed to abstract ideas that lacked an inventive concept sufficient to satisfy the requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 101.
Continue Reading Federal Circuit: Machine Learning Patents Ineligible in Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp.
On April 16, 2025, the CFPB’s Chief Legal Officer, Mark R. Paoletta, issued a memorandum to CFPB staff that sets out the agency’s 2025 supervision and enforcement priorities.
Continue Reading CFPB Memo Details Less Oversight on Fintechs, Shift to State-Led Enforcement
The Federal Circuit’s March decision in In re Xencor, Inc., No. 24-1870 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 13, 2025) has altered the landscape for patent applicants using a Jepson claim format, creating new challenges that may warrant careful consideration.
Continue Reading Federal Circuit’s Xencor Decision: Considerations for Jepson Claims and Implications for 35 U.S.C. § 101 Analysis
On March 27, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit and proposed settlement order resolving claims against Cleo AI, a fintech that operates a personal finance mobile banking application through which it offers consumers instant or same-day cash advances.
Continue Reading FTC Alleges Fintech Cleo AI Deceived Consumers