Introduction
On September 16, 2026, the Ninth Circuit held in Doe v. GitHub, Inc. that outputs produced by a generative AI coding tool are newly generated works, not copies of existing works, and therefore fall outside the Digital Millennium Copyright
In the final weeks of California’s 2026 legislative session, lawmakers passed a series of bills that stand to significantly reshape the state’s privacy and AI regulatory landscape. Of particular significance, Senate Bill 690 (SB 690) seeks to curtail
On August 4, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its decision in Amazon.com Services, LLC v. Perplexity AI, Inc., vacating a preliminary injunction that had barred Perplexity’s AI-enabled web browser from interacting with Amazon’s
What You Need to Know — and Do — NowFrontier AI capabilities can now weaponise IT weaknesses in “a matter of minutes or hours,” the European Systemic Risk Board warned this week when it elevated the status of systemic cyber
On June 2, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security” (the “Order”), which establishes a new framework for government collaboration with the AI industry on cybersecurity and the secure deployment of advanced
On May 15, 2026, China’s National Medical Products Administration (“NMPA”) issued the Implementation Measures for Drug Trial Data Protection (the “Measures”), effective immediately, to formalize China’s protection regime for eligible undisclosed chemistry, manufacturing and control (CMC) and clinical study data
On April 29, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Davenport, where it held that a nonprofit suffered an injury to its First Amendment right of association when it
For almost a decade, the scientific research provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) have lacked authoritative, European Union (EU)-wide interpretation, leaving sponsors of clinical trials and research institutions alike to navigate a patchwork of national implementing laws. A
On March 30, 2026, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Executive Order N-5-26 (the “Order”), directing California state agencies to develop new certification requirements and procurement standards for companies seeking to provide AI-enabled products or services to the state.1 The Order
