ArticleGeneva Insights - July & August 2024Welcome to the July - August Edition of the Geneva Insights Newsletter. In July and August, several significant international meetings focus on economic, trade, environmental and social issues.United StatesInternational LawAkin
ArticleModifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates To Reflect Trading Partner Retaliation And AlignmentThis order suspends country-specific ad valorem rates of duty enumerated in the executive order titled "Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff...United StatesInternational LawAkin
Article2023 ESG Survey (Video)We have assembled a collection of articles that focus on what we believe are key ESG issues for 2023. In these materials, we touch on ongoing efforts to diversify our boardrooms...United StatesLaw Department PerformanceAkin
PodcastEpisode 8: “Texas On Trial: Jury Verdicts And What They Signal” (Podcast)In our latest episode, Akin litigation partners Scott Barnard and Stephanie Lindemuth sit down with Roland Garcia of Greenberg Traurig, lead plaintiff’s counsel in the first jury trial in the Texas Business Courts—a case that tested not only the merits, but also the court’s infrastructure.United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationAkin
ArticlePreventing Woke AI In The Federal Government (Trump EO Tracker)Directs all federal agencies to procure only those large language models (LLMs) developed in accordance with two Unbiased AI Principles: truth-seeking and ideological neutralityUnited StatesTechnologyAkin
ArticlePromoting The Export Of The American AI Technology Stack (Trump EO Tracker)Directs the Department of Commerce (DOC) to establish the American Artificial Intelligence (AI) Exports Program within 90 days to promote global deployment of U.S.-developed full-stack AI technology packages and reinforce American leadership in AI standards and infrastructure. United StatesTechnologyAkin
ArticleRemoving Barriers To American Leadership In Artificial Intelligence (Trump EO Tracker)Closely follows the President's EO rescinding Executive Order 14110 of October 30, 2023 (Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence).United StatesTechnologyAkin
ArticleSEC Heightens Focus On Companies Failing To Properly Disclose Cybersecurity Incidents And RisksSolarWinds, an Austin-based technology company that provides customers with network monitoring software, and Timothy Brown, SolarWinds' Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)...United StatesTechnologyAkin
ArticleWinning The 6G Race (Trump EO Tracker)Sets a strategy for U.S. leadership in 6G technology, emphasizing its importance for national security, AI, robotics, and resilient communications. United StatesTechnologyAkin
ArticleThis Week's Climate Policy UpdateThe United States Department of the Treasury released additional guidance on the Section 48 Investment Tax Credit and a group of nearly 60 lawmakers called on the Department of Energy...WorldwideEnergy and Natural ResourcesAkin
ArticleThis Week's Climate Policy UpdateThe Department of Energy (DOE) invested $1.3 billion to construct three power lines across six states to bolster United States electric grids, although a recent DOE report indicates...WorldwideEnergy and Natural ResourcesAkin
ArticleThis Week's Climate Policy UpdateThis week, the Biden administration launched rebate programs for distribution transformers and critical industrial equipment while the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved...WorldwideEnvironmentAkin
ArticleThis Week's Climate Policy UpdateCongress returned from August recess to an overflowing fall agenda. However, Majority Leader Schumer has not mentioned a permitting reform bill in his legislative priority list.WorldwideEnvironmentAkin
ArticleThis Week's Climate Policy UpdateThe Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on Demand for Electric Power in the U.S., highlighting the growing challenges and opportunities related to artificial intelligence (AI)...WorldwideEnvironmentAkin
ArticleThis Week's Climate Policy Update - December 19, 2023This week, the Biden administration issued its plan to reduce emissions related to air travel. In Pennsylvania, Co-Chairs of Gov. Josh Shapiro's (D-PA) Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)...WorldwideEnvironmentAkin
ArticleThis Week's Climate Policy Update - October 12, 2023This week's renewed contest for House Speakership gives a lackluster outlook for climate policy progress, as the current slate of GOP candidates brings equivocal, untested or obstructive positions to bear on such issues.WorldwideEnvironmentAkin
ArticleRestructuring Plans And Chapter 11: A Transatlantic PerspectiveWhen the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (CIGA) introduced the restructuring plan in England, comparisons with plans of reorganization under chapter 11 of the United States...WorldwideInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringAkin
ArticleNew Updates For 12-Jan-2023The OverRuled: Russia Trade Controls Resource Center has been updated with the following actions...WorldwideInternational LawAkin
VideoWebinar: U.S. Forced Labor & Trade Remedy Enforcement: Adapting To The New Regulatory RealitiesDive deep into the changes in American trade remedies and customs policy enforcement with Akin's seasoned attorneys.WorldwideInternational LawAkin
ArticleGeneva Insights - February 2024Welcome to the February Edition of the Geneva Insights Newsletter.WorldwideStrategyAkin