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A “Newsworthy” Legal Update: The Online News Act Receives Royal Assent

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On June 22, 2023, Bill C-18, An Act Respecting Online Communications Platforms that Make News Content Available to Persons in Canadaalso known as the federal Online News Actreceived royal assent. The Online News Act is the Canadian government’s response to rapid changes in the Canadian news media industry, in which traditional news services such as newspapers and radio stations have experienced declines in revenue due to the rise of digital and social media news “intermediaries” like Google and Facebook who repost their news content. The primary objective of the Online News Act is to require digital news intermediaries to pay…
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Foreign trade law update: 13th package of EU sanctions against Russia and new developments following 12th package

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Two years into Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the EU has adopted further economic sanctions against Russia that took effect on 24 February 2024. The 13th sanctions package tightens the existing sanctions from the previous packages, most recently from 18 December 2023 (article of 21 December 2023). The main aim of the new measures is to make it even harder for Russia to procure the unmanned aircraft and drones crucial to its war effort. Alongside expanding some of the trade-related restrictions, the new package adds considerably to the list of persons and entities sanctioned. Compared with the last set…
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Tech Newsflash | White & Case LLP

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The White & Case Tech Newsflash provides updates on the latest issues and trends in technology and the law. We deliver fresh perspectives across all of our practice areas, including intellectual property, data privacy, cybersecurity, corporate, disputes, antitrust and regulatory practices. Our articles explore legal developments related to artificial intelligence, Web 3.0, web3 and blockchain, metaverse, e-commerce, cloud computing, quantum computing, IoT, software, hardware, semiconductors, robotics, and issues relevant to online platform products and services. Our sector focus spans the technology ecosystem as well as industry-convergent sectors such as FinTech, AutoTech, HealthTech, CleanTech, Smart Cities, and others.     2024 UK’s Context-Based…
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Edition 4 of the AI Legal News Summer Roundup

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White & Case Tech Newsflash In this edition, key themes include creators and consumers seeking more control and protection over how their content is used to train AI models (whether under copyright law or privacy laws), and governments grappling with the delicate balance between overseeing and regulating AI development, and fostering innovation. We report on the US copyright court decision confirming that copyright doesn’t extend to AI-generated outputs “operating absent any guiding human hand” (see Update 1). In this edition, we also saw major international news organizations releasing an open letter advocating for stronger intellectual property safeguards with respect to…
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How will Tarrant County law enforcement leaders ensure election integrity?

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NORTH TEXAS – As Texas voters head to the polls to choose presidential candidates this week, a special law enforcement unit dedicated to investigating election-related complaints in Tarrant County has three cases currently under investigation, but has yet to take any cases to a grand jury for indictments in the year since it was started. All three of the cases were referred to investigators with the Tarrant County District Attorney’s office in the last three months, according to the chief prosecutor with the unit. Nearly a dozen complaints the county sheriff said the unit was reviewed last year in the…
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