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OCC Head Speaks How Banks Could Embrace Digital Assets
On December 8, the OCC published a speech made by Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan V. Gould at an industry policy summit on his com...
FinCEN Reports Ransomware Payments Exceeded $2.1B From 2022 to 2024
On December 4, FinCEN released a financial trend analysis showing that reported ransomware payments in BSA data totaled more than $2.1 ...
Congressional Robotics Caucus
The Congressional Robotics Caucus was relaunched and expanded in 2025 as a bipartisan effort to educate members of Congress about the p...
FinCEN Fines Virtual Currency Platform $3.5M for BSA Violations Tied to Illicit Activity
On December 9, FinCEN announced a consent order levying a $3.5 million civil money penalty against a peer-to-peer virtual currency trad...
[Video] Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 262: Breaking the “Undruggable” Barrier with Marcel Frenkel of Ten63 Therapeutics
Recorded live at the NCLifeSci 2025 Annual Meeting, Marcel Frenkel, co-founder and CEO of Ten63 Therapeutics, joins hosts Heather Matth...
Why Your Company Must Review Its Website Privacy Policy and Online Disclosures Annually
Is your website’s privacy policy up-to-date? For businesses covered by the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the expanded 2026...
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Licenses Under the Export Administration Regulations: A Practical Guide for Compliance
I. Introduction - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is responsible for enforcing the Export Admi...
The Hidden Legal Minefield: Compliance Concerns with AI Smart Glasses, Part 2 – Two-Party Consent and AI Note-Taking
As we explored in Part 1 of this series, AI-enabled smart glasses are rapidly evolving from niche wearables into powerful tools with br...
Executive Order Takes Aim at State AI Laws
President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) on “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence” on December 11, 20...
Cyber Insurer Offers Product for Deepfakes
Deepfakes continue to be problematic for organizations and individuals. They are hard to detect and hard to respond to when used in an ...