Subscription contracts, common in digital markets, have faced criticism as many consumers forget to cancel their free trials and end up paying for unwanted subscriptions.
Although both the US and UK are making significant efforts to shield consumers from the downsides of subscription contracts, their approaches differ markedly. Businesses operating in both regions must adapt to these stricter regulations to avoid substantial fines.
Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 ("AI Regulation") entered into force in February 2025, establishing a further obligation for companies in connection with the use of artificial intelligence ("AI"): Ensuring AI literacy.
This article discusses what AI literacy actually means, what extent are companies subject to this obligation, and what are the consequences of non-compliance.
This report, based on a survey of 278 in-house professionals, explores the role of CLOs and legal departments in cybersecurity.
On January 15, 2025, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final rule (IFR) that imposes new controls on advanced computing integrated circuits (Advanced ICs) and certain artificial intelligence (AI) model weights.
These new controls build upon and expand BIS’ existing suite of export controls on Advanced ICs and semiconductor manufacturing equipment and are intended to prevent adversaries and malicious actors from accessing the most advanced US AI models and the large clusters of Advanced ICs necessary to train such models.
Overview of enacted legislation in the European Union and the United States to regulate the development and use of artificial intelligence. Current as of February 19, 2025.