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Aug 26, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Allan Topol |Atli Stannard |Bart M.J. Szewczyk
On July 18, 2024, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, was reconfirmed by the European Parliament for a second five-year term. As part of the process, she delivered a speech before the Parliament, complemented by a 30-page program, which outlines the Commission’s political guidelines and priorities for the next five years. The guidelines introduce a series of forthcoming legislative proposals across many policy areas, including on defence and technology security.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Michele Pearce |Stephanie Barna |Daniel Feldman |Bart M.J. Szewczyk |Matthieu Coget
In early March, the EU released its first-ever European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), accompanied by a proposed regulation establishing the European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP). The aim is to boost defense capabilities in Europe through greater and more efficient spending.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Michele Pearce |Stephanie Barna |Daniel Feldman |Lasse Luecke |Bart M.J. Szewczyk
This year’s Munich Security Conference reemphasized the need for Europe to invest in greater defense capabilities and foster a regulatory environment that is conducive to building a defense and technological industrial base. In Munich, President Ursula von der Leyen committed to appointing a European Commissioner for Defence, if she is reselected later this year by the European Council and European Parliament.
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Dec 20, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Michele Pearce |Stephanie Barna |Bart M.J. Szewczyk |Pauline Agius
Stephanie Barna draws on over three decades of U.S. military and government service to provide advisory and advocacy support and counseling to clients facing policy and political challenges in the aerospace and defense sectors. Prior to joining the firm, Stephanie was a senior leader on Capitol Hill and in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
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Dec 20, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Michele Pearce |Stephanie Barna |Bart M.J. Szewczyk |Pauline Agius
On December 14, 2023, the U.S. Congress the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2024 (NDAA), authorizing $886 billion in defense spending. Amid its numerous provisions, there is the concept of the “national technology and industrial base,” which now includes the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand and could potentially serve as the basis for wider industrial cooperation with European and other global partners.
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Dec 5, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Mark Young |Aleksander Aleksiev |Bart M.J. Szewczyk
Having served in senior advisory positions in the U.S. government, Bart Szewczyk advises on European and global public policy, particularly on technology, trade and foreign investment, business and human rights, and environmental, social, and governance issues, as well as conducts international arbitration. He also teaches grand strategy as an Adjunct Professor at Sciences Po in Paris and is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund.
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Dec 5, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Mark Young |Aleksander Aleksiev |Bart M.J. Szewczyk
The recently agreed Cyber Resilience Act isn’t the only new EU cybersecurity rule set to be published this December: by the end of the year, the European Commission is expected to adopt its draft regulations to establish a European cybersecurity certification scheme (“ECCS”). Once finalized, the ECCS will be issued under the European Union’s Cybersecurity Act which allows for voluntary accreditation against the ECCS.
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Nov 1, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Lisa Peets |Marty Hansen |Mark Young |Aleksander Aleksiev |Bart M.J. Szewczyk
A would-be technical development could have potentially significant consequences for cloud service providers established outside the EU.
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Oct 4, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Sebastian F.A. Vos |Carl Bildt |Cecilia Malmström |Bart M.J. Szewczyk
The field of artificial intelligence (“AI”) is at a tipping point. Governments and industries are under increasing pressure to forecast and guide the evolution of a technology that promises to transform our economies and societies. In this series, our lawyers and advisors provide an overview of the policy approaches and regulatory frameworks for AI in jurisdictions around the world.
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Jul 24, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Lisa Peets |Bart M.J. Szewczyk |Sam Choi
In a new strategy published on July 11, the European Commission has identified Web 4.0 and Virtual Worlds—often also referred to as the metaverse—as having the potential to transform the ways in which EU citizens live, work and interact.
