In a new post on the Inside Class Actions blog, our colleagues discuss a new Illinois federal court decision, Gregg v. Cent. Transp. LLC, 2024 WL 4766297, at *3 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 13, 2024), which holds that the state’s recent
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Federal District Court Vacates Biden’s DOL Overtime Rule
As discussed in our prior post, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule earlier this year that increased the salary thresholds required to classify certain employees as exempt from overtime pay requirements under the Fair Labor
EU Court Overturns EU-wide Botanical Food Ban
European Union Law Scales of Justice
In a precedent decision, on 13 November 2024, the EU General Court annulled significant parts of a Commission Regulation, which sought to restrict or place under scrutiny the addition of certain botanicals containing hydroxyanthracene
Republicans Moving to the Middle
The conventional wisdom in recent years has been that the political parties have been moving to their respective left and right extremes. At least for the Republicans, this is wrong. Republicans have been moving left – to the center –
Trump Signals Continued Focus on “Big Tech” in Naming Brendan Carr as FCC Chair
On Sunday evening, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he will name Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr as Chair of the FCC. Because Commissioner Carr is a sitting Commissioner, no Senate confirmation is needed, and he will become FCC
Tech Policy in a Second Trump Administration: AI Promotion and Further Decoupling from China
Technology companies will be in for a bumpy ride in the second Trump Administration. President-elect Trump has promised to adopt policies that will accelerate the United States’ technological decoupling from China. However, he will likely take a more hands-off approach
U.S. Tech Legislative, Regulatory & Litigation Update – Third Quarter 2024
This quarterly update highlights key legislative, regulatory, and litigation developments in the third quarter of 2024 related to artificial intelligence (“AI”) and connected and automated vehicles (“CAVs”). As noted below, some of these developments provide industry with the opportunity for
October 2024 Developments Under President Biden’s AI Executive Order
This is part of an ongoing series of Covington blogs on the implementation of Executive Order No. 14110 on the “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence” (the “AI EO”), issued by President Biden on October 30, 2023.
Texas Legislature to Consider Sweeping AI Legislation in 2025
On October 28, Texas State Representative Giovanni Capriglione (R-Tarrant County) released a draft of the Texas Responsible AI Governance Act (“TRAIGA”), after nearly a year collecting input from industry stakeholders. Representative Capriglione, who authored Texas’s Data Privacy and Security Act
Likely Trends in U.S. Tech and Media Regulation Under the New Trump Administration
With U.S. President Trump returning to the White House, we expect the regulatory landscape facing technology and communications companies to shift significantly, if not uniformly.
On the one hand, media and telecommunications companies that have long been regulated heavily by