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Congressional hearing to impact and reach Israeli AI firms

By Israel Group

February 24, 2020

The Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019 (S 847), bipartisan legislation introduced last year and still pending in the US Senate, would prohibit companies that use facial recognition technology from collecting or sharing users’ data without their explicit consent. If the bill, or some of its key provisions, ultimately becomes law, the effects would be felt not only by US artificial intelligence (AI) companies but would also reach the Israeli AI firms in this…

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Italy’s new Digital Services Tax is now in force

By Israel Group

February 19, 2020

With the 2020 Budget Law, the Italian government has reshaped Italy’s digital services tax (DST), mirroring the EU Commission proposal of March 2018. The revised version of the Italian DST is now in force effective January 1, 2020. The new Italian DST regime is an income tax regime. The new tax on the turnover from qualified “digital services” that indicate a high degree of users’ involvement in the generation of value is set to apply at a rate of 3 percent on the turnover from certain digital services. The tax will be paid by service providers, both Italian…

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California issues CCPA proposed modified regulations 2.0

By Israel Group

February 18, 2020

On February 7, the Office of the Attorney General of California issued a second draft of its California Consumer Privacy Act regulations, quickly fixed an omission from that draft Feb. 10, and set a Feb. 25 deadline for written comments. While “Version 2.0” of the regulations scales back several of the ways the first version exceeded the plain language of the statute, it keeps the do-not-sell signal requirement and adds proposed restrictions on service provider…

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Foreign ITAR cloud storage now permitted

By Israel Group

February 12, 2020

On December 26, 2019, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) issued an interim final rule1 defining “activities that are not exports, reexports, retransfers, or temporary imports” to include certain offshore electronic transmissions or storage of unclassified technical data controlled for export under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) when properly encrypted utilizing end-to-end encryption. This definition (“activities that are not exports, reexports, retransfers, or temporary imports”) will be a new provision in the…

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Food and Beverage News and Trends

By Israel Group

February 4, 2020

This regular publication by DLA Piper lawyers focuses on helping clients navigate the ever-changing business, legal and regulatory landscape. To contact the authors of this article please click here. FDA issues serving size guidance for new Nutrition Facts labels. The FDA has issued final guidance on what constitutes a “serving size” of food for the purposes of compliance with the agency’s revised Nutrition Facts labels. Among other things, the rules define, in consonance with established…

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DLA Piper GDPR Data Breach Survey 2020

By Israel Group

February 2, 2020

Over 160,000 data breach notifications have been reported across the 28 European Union Member States plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein since the GDPR came into force on 25 May 2018 According to DLA Piper’s latest GDPR Data Breach Survey, data protection regulators have imposed EUR114 million (approximately USD126 million / GBP97 million) in fines under the GDPR regime for a wide range of GDPR infringements, not just for data breaches. France, Germany and Austria top…

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New regulations reinforce CFIUS’s expanded role with respect to foreign investments in the United States

By Israel Group

January 28, 2020

On January 13, 2020, the US Department of the Treasury released two sets of new regulations that comprehensively implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) – a law that strengthens the authority of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). CFIUS is an interagency committee chaired by the Secretary of the Treasury and is responsible for screening foreign investments into the United States to determine if they could impair US…

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The Final Countdown – Navigating the EU Settlement Scheme

By Israel Group

January 26, 2020

On 9 January, the Withdrawal Agreement finally passed through House of Commons, without much fanfare, by 330 votes to 231 and now Brexit has been fixed for 31 January 2020. The enactment of the Withdrawal Agreement provides a fixed timeline for EU nationals and their family members to apply for the right to remain in the UK under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS). Here are ten things you should note about the EUSS and its…

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Bank Regulatory News and Trends

By Israel Group

January 23, 2020

This regular publication from DLA Piper focuses on helping banking and financial services clients navigate the ever-changing federal regulatory landscape. Community Reinvestment Act revisions proposed by FDIC and OCC, but Fed not on board. The FDIC and the OCC on December 12 announced a proposal to modernize their regulations under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), the first substantive regulatory update since 1995. But the third agency with authority to issue regulations to implement the CRA,…

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Blockchain and Digital Assets News and Trends

By Israel Group

January 19, 2020

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To remain competitive, companies find themselves increasing their efforts to digitally transform their businesses by developing new offerings based on emerging technologies and integrating these technologies into existing product and service offerings. This is our first monthly bulletin for 2020, aiming to help companies identify important and significant legal developments governing the use and acceptance of blockchain technology, smart contracts and digital assets. In this issue, we also feature a spotlight on Asia Pacific developments. While…

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Congressional hearing to impact and reach Israeli AI firms

Italy’s new Digital Services Tax is now in force

California issues CCPA proposed modified regulations 2.0

Foreign ITAR cloud storage now permitted

Food and Beverage News and Trends

DLA Piper GDPR Data Breach Survey 2020

New regulations reinforce CFIUS’s expanded role with respect to foreign investments in the United States

The Final Countdown – Navigating the EU Settlement Scheme

Bank Regulatory News and Trends

Blockchain and Digital Assets News and Trends

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