Publications

Earlier this month the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a full committee hearing to discuss advancements in AI and the Department of Energy’s role in fostering these developments.  With the recent pivotal advances in AI, it has become clear that use of AI technologies will continue to […]

In April we summarized some of the recent intellectual property updates stemming from the rise in popularity in artificial intelligence technology, in particular with generative AI. On March 16, 2023, the U.S. Copyright Office (“the Office”) launched a new initiative focused on examining the copyright law and policy issues that […]

On September 11, 2023, Delaware Governor John Carney signed House Bill No. 154 into law Delaware’s new state consumer privacy law (the “Delaware Act”), which will become effective January 1, 2025.  Delaware now joins California, Utah, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Iowa, Indiana, Tennessee, Montana, Florida, Texas and Oregon as states that […]

Effective September 8, 2023, the new definition limits federal jurisdiction over water quality by removing the “significant nexus standard” and redefining what wetlands are “adjacent.” The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) recently amended what constitutes “waters of the United States” (“WOTUS”). The Clean […]

At issue in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo is whether courts must continue to rely on agency interpretations when statutory text is ambiguous. This fall, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a direct challenge to Chevron deference. An important rule of administrative law, Chevron sets a two-step […]