Maria Beguiristain

Aug 15, 2024 | globalinvestigationsreview.com | Joel Cohen |Maria Beguiristain |Marietou Diouf |Robert J. DeNault

In summaryIn this article, we will discuss the US government’s authority to search electronic devices, particularly cell phones, in reliance on the border search exception to the Fourth Amendment. First, we review the border search exception, which allows searches at the border without a search warrant, probable cause or reasonable suspicion. Next, we examine recent Supreme Court cases that restrained the government’s ability to access cell phone data without a search warrant.

Feb 27, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Maria Beguiristain |Joel Cohen |Marietou Diouf

In December 2023, we published an alert concerning US Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Chair Gary Gensler's warning to public companies against "AI washing" – that is, making unfounded claims regarding artificial intelligence ("AI") capabilities.1 It is no surprise that since then regulators and the US Department of Justice ("DOJ") have repeated this threat and the SEC publicized an AI related enforcement action that typically would not get such emphasis.