In 2022, the European Union announced the creation of Digital Partnerships with three Asian countries: Japan, South Korea and Singapore. This is in line with the EU’s Digital Compass strategy which seeks to make the European Union the most connected
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President Biden Signs Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act
In a new post on the Inside Tech Media blog, our colleagues discuss the “Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act,” which President Biden signed into law in the final days of 2022. The Act recognizes that current encryption protocols used…
Update on California and New York Pay Transparency Laws
By Carolyn Rashby, Teresa Lewi & Nori Lu
As we discussed in a previous post, effective January 1, 2023, California employers must include pay scales in job postings, and a similar bill in New York was awaiting signature by Governor Kathy Hochul. The California Labor Commissioner has…
FTC Issues New Guidance Regarding Health Products
On December 20, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced its issuance of Health Products Compliance Guidance, which updates and replaces its previous 1998 guidance, Dietary Supplements: An Advertising Guide for Industry. While the FTC notes that the basic content…
NDAA Prohibits Government Purchase and Use of Certain Semiconductors
The Spanish AEPD Publishes Statement on the Interplay Between its Code of Conduct for the Pharmaceutical Industry and the Potential EU Code of Conduct on Clinical Trials
On December 28, 2022, the Spanish Data Protection Authority (“AEPD”) published a statement on the interplay between its recently approved Spanish code of conduct for the pharmaceutical industry and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations’ (“EFPIA”) proposal for…
FARA Reform Legislative Activity Heats Up
There is near universal agreement among policymakers, lawyers, and lobbyists that the Foreign Agents Registration Act (“FARA”) is deeply in need of legislative reforms to update the statute and bring it in line with modern practices. Agreeing on specific amendments,…
November 2022 Developments Under President Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order
This is the nineteenth in a series of Covington blogs on implementation of Executive Order 14028, “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity,” issued by President Biden on May 12, 2021 (the “Cyber EO”). The first blog summarized the Cyber EO’s key provisions…
Congress Offers Greater Hope for Defense Contractors Battling Inflation; Actual Relief Is Still Not Clear
As part of the FY23 National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”), Congress has given the Department of Defense authority to pay defense contractors for increased costs due to inflation. Section 822 of the NDAA amends Public Law 85-804 (50 U.S.C. 1431)…
COP27: Loss and Damage COP
Perhaps the best way of summarizing COP27 was that, in the end, it boiled down to solving a tension between competing views of global priorities in addressing climate change. The Developed World was primarily focused on improving mitigation (emissions reduction…