The most recent phase of the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act) officially began on August 2, 2025, as three major chapters of the law entered into force. This date also marks the application deadline for new General Purpose AI (GPAI) models placed on the market from this day on, meaning that any model deployed from this point ...
Between March 2016 and August 2020, Donald J. Trump was interviewed by renowned journalist Robert Woodward on twenty separate occasions. The recordings of these twenty interviews were later utilized in the audiobook “The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward’s Twenty Interviews with President Trump”. Woodward also published a paperback edition. Trump sued for joint copyright ownership of the recordings, alleging that Trump ...
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Negative Option Rule (the “Click-to-Cancel”), which was designed to significantly impact businesses using online subscriptions, was vacated by the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, just a week before it was due to take effect.
The rule targeted negative option programs where a seller can interpret a consumer’s silence or failure to act ...
The “Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act” (GENIUS Act) was recently enacted and signed into law, becoming the first federal legislation that purposefully governs cryptocurrency. The Act establishes a federal framework for payment “stablecoins”, digital currencies that are backed by reliable and more stable assets, such as the U.S. Dollar.
The Act prescribes limits on who may ...
The Israeli Posthumous Access to Digital Content Law recently came into effect, making it the world’s first law to govern digital content inheritance (succession). The new law requires online content platforms to publish policies regarding content access after a user dies and allow users to designate who may access which content after their death.
The law applies to all “digital ...
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) recently issued a hefty fine against TikTok Technology Limited due to its practices involving transferring personal data to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) through remote access of staff members and failing to meet data transfer-related transparency requirements.
The decision follows an investigation that found that, despite TikTok’s claims, it held personal data of ...
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