Worldwide: Technology

On April 22, 2026, United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer testified in front of the House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means.

2025 marked a year of transition at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB” or the “Board”), with a newly constituted Board, a new Chair, and a decline in enforcement actions compared to 2024.

As the Department of Defense embeds artificial intelligence into core mission systems and acquisition planning, defense contractors face a convergence of existing procurement rules—cybersecurity, data rights, export controls, and ethics—applied to technology that is difficult to define, audit, and control. The legal, compliance, and contractual risks are fast-growing and consequential, capable of derailing performance, generating False Claims Act exposure, or disqualifying proposals.

Explore critical insights across multiple sectors including Middle East construction challenges amid regional conflict, the intersection of financial reporting valuations and tax compliance...

A revised bipartisan crypto tax bill introduces significant changes to how cryptocurrency transactions are taxed, including new rules for staking rewards deferral and stablecoin basis calculations. The legislation proposes different treatment for proof-of-stake versus proof-of-work validation methods, while establishing a 99-cent basis threshold for regulated payment stablecoins pegged to the U.S. dollar.

The Bankers Compliance Task Force held its annual meetings in Tennessee and Mississippi, addressing critical issues facing financial institutions including check fraud, elder financial exploitation, and BSA/AML/CFT compliance.

Two bodies of export regulations typically come to mind when we think of export controls: the Export Administration Regulations of the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security, and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations ...

The 2026 International Hotel Investment Forum EMEA revealed critical challenges facing the hospitality industry, from geopolitical tensions affecting Middle East markets to yield compression threatening profitability. Industry leaders grappled with how artificial intelligence will reshape booking channels and operations while maintaining the human touch that defines hospitality.

As AI agents begin to autonomously execute commercial transactions, a critical question emerges that precedes all others: will the platforms, merchants, and payment providers that control transaction infrastructure even allow these agents to participate? The architecture of access control is being built now, and it may determine the future of agentic commerce more than any legal doctrine.

2025 marked a year of transition at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB” or the “Board”), with a newly constituted Board, a new Chair, and a decline in enforcement actions compared to 2024.

As the Department of Defense embeds artificial intelligence into core mission systems and acquisition planning, defense contractors face a convergence of existing procurement rules—cybersecurity, data rights, export controls, and ethics—applied to technology that is difficult to define, audit, and control. The legal, compliance, and contractual risks are fast-growing and consequential, capable of derailing performance, generating False Claims Act exposure, or disqualifying proposals.

As artificial intelligence systems become increasingly sophisticated in generating inventions, creative works, and commercial content, a fundamental legal question emerges: can AI itself hold intellectual property rights?