Self-driving cars are here. And although these so-called autonomous vehicles (AVs) are expected to reduce the overall number of auto accidents significantly, some accidents are still statistically inevitable. This raises an important question for AV industry stakeholders: when human beings aren’t in the driver’s seat, what accident-compensation mechanisms should come into play?
Earlier this month,…
On May 24, 2018, China filled the top positions at the State Bureau of Film (Film Bureau) and State Administration of Press and Publication (SAPP). Both appointments fill vacancies created by the dismantling of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) and continue apparent Communist Party of China (CPC) efforts to…
On 9 July 2018, the Economic Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (the “EP”) published a study identifying potential competition law concerns in the financial technology (“FinTech”) sector (the “Study”).…
On July 26, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar said that HHS will undertake an effort to reform federal health privacy rules, including those under HIPAA and the rules governing substance abuse treatment records at 42 C.F.R. Part 2 (Part 2). In speaking about efforts by the Trump Administration…
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On 11 June 2018, the European Commission (“Commission”) published DG Competition’s 2017 Annual Activity Report (“Report”) to provide an overview of its pursuit of its competition policy objectives and enforcement of EU competition rules in 2017. In its Report, the Commission indicates that it has continued to prioritise competition on the merits and that…
On July 17, 2018, the Dutch Supervisory Authority announced that it will start a preliminary investigation to assess whether certain large corporations comply with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) – see the official press release here (in Dutch). To that end, the authority will review the “records of processing activities” from thirty randomly…
This article originally appeared in Law360.
Companies have had a lot to digest since the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “TJCA”) late last year. But for executive compensation attorneys and professionals who work with or advise public companies, the elimination of the tax deduction for performance-based compensation under section 162(m)…
California continues to see growth in alternative and clean energy initiatives. Below is a sample of recent notable developments.…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in coordination with the Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), will host a Workshop providing an overview of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) on October 18, 2018. The agenda for the Workshop shows a full day of panels, including those addressing DoD’s “Safeguarding Covered Defense…
Congress returned from the July 4 recess to the much anticipated announcement by President Donald Trump of his nominee to succeed retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. Former Kennedy law clerk Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a highly credentialed Washington, D.C., veteran with a dozen years of service on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals,…
