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2026 has been a dynamic year so far for federal regulation of automotive safety. Federal regulators have demonstrated a sustained commitment to regulatory reform and innovation, while simultaneously advancing efforts to facilitate the deployment of autonomous vehicles. Congress
A key benefit of quantum computing is that it may, in the future, enable a very substantial increase in computing power. This could create significant benefits, in the life sciences and financial services sectors (see our prior posts on the
Since our prior post on Singapore’s Model AI Governance Framework for Agentic AI, Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (“IMDA”) has published an updated version (Version 1.5) (the “Updated Framework”), incorporating feedback from over 60 organizations.
The Updated Framework, published on
Today, the California Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”) issued a decision revising and clarifying its regulatory framework for providers of interconnected voice over Internet protocol (“iVoIP”) services. Most notably, the decision reopens the window for iVoIP providers to demonstrate that they
The UK Government today announced that it intends to ban social media platforms from offering services to children under 16, alongside wider restrictions on certain online functionalities that the Government has identified as harmful to children.
The announcement follows the
Much of the attention on the European Commission’s recent proposal for a Cloud and AI Development Act (“CADA Proposal”) has focused on its proposed cloud sovereignty framework, the implications for cloud service providers and public sector cloud use, and the
On 3 June 2026, the European Commission (“Commission”) published its proposal for a Regulation establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s cloud and AI ecosystem—the Cloud and AI Development Act (“CADA Proposal”). The CADA Proposal sits at the heart
On May 28, 2026, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (“ENISA”) published the third edition of its NIS360 report, an annual benchmarking tool that assesses the cybersecurity maturity of entities in the sectors set out in Annex I of
In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the FCC’s authority to issue forfeiture penalties against telecommunications companies found in violation of the agency’s Customer Proprietary Network Information (“CPNI”) rules. The impact of this ruling is that the FCC
On 19 May 2026, the European Commission published its long-awaited draft, non-binding guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI systems (“HRAIs”) under the EU AI Act (the “Guidelines”). Across three documents—covering general principles, high-risk classification in the context of regulated
