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1 week ago | 
jdsupra.com | Mark Booth |Steven A. Farmer |Johanna Lipponen
The CRA will affect a broad range of digital products placed on the EU market (including by those based outside the EU), including connected hardware/devices, software and remote data processing solutions. The EU has adopted Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 (Cyber Resilience Act or CRA), which introduces new cybersecurity requirements for connected products, software and their remote data processing solutions.
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2 months ago | 
jdsupra.com | Mark Booth |Steven A. Farmer |Scott Morton
The UK’s Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA) is a comprehensive piece of legislation designed to regulate social media companies and search services and to increase protections for individuals online. It draws comparisons to the EU’s Digital Services Act, with both laws include provisions relating to safety and transparency—seeking to balance the need to protect people online with fundamental rights such as the right to freedom of expression and privacy.
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2 months ago | 
jdsupra.com | Mark Booth |Steven A. Farmer |Scott Morton
The first binding obligations of the European Union’s landmark AI legislation, the EU AI Act (the Act), came into effect on February 2, 2025. Essentially, from this date, AI practices which present an unacceptable level of risk are prohibited and organizations are required to ensure an appropriate level of AI literacy among staff. For a comprehensive overview of the Act, see our earlier client alert here.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Mark Booth |Steven Farmer |Johanna Lipponen
The NIS 2 Directive requires a wide range of in-scope organizations to adopt robust cybersecurity measures and incident response plans. Takeaways The NIS 2 Directive widens the scope of the original “NIS 1” Directive to cover more sectors, aiming for stronger EU-wide resilience against cyber threats.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Mark Booth |Steven A. Farmer |Scott Morton
Recent decisions by the French data protection authority (CNIL) have highlighted the importance of GDPR compliance, particularly in the areas of data retention, consent for processing sensitive personal data, and marketing practices.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
euractiv.com | Mark Booth |Scott Morton |Steven Farmer
As the EU’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act comes into force, early indications suggest that the UK could miss out on a golden opportunity to follow suit, write Steven Farmer, Scott Morton, and Mark Booth. Steven Farmer is a partner at international law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and a member of the firm’s UK/EU AI Taskforce. Scott Morton and Mark Booth are the firm’s counsel and associates, respectively, who advise global businesses on compliance with the EU’s AI Act.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Mark Booth |Steven A. Farmer |Scott Morton
In a landmark moment for global AI governance, the United States, European Union and United Kingdom have signed the Council of Europe’s framework convention on artificial intelligence and human rights, democracy, and the rule of law (the “Convention”), the first legally binding international treaty on AI. The agreement marks a critical step towards a level of harmonization between global regulatory approaches to AI technologies.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
hometheaterforum.com | Mark Booth
'Lost in the Shuffle' is a new documentary film, written/produced/directed by Jon Ornoy and starring five notable award-winning magicians; Shawn Farquhar, Alexandra Duvivier, Juan Tamariz, Michael Vincent and Richard Turner. The film debuted at the Hot Docs International Film Festival in Toronto in April and it received rave reviews.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
avsforum.com | Robert George |Wendell R. Breland |Mark Booth |Bill Mac
#1 · Okey dokey, I'm starting this thread because this newest model from Panasonic has started showing up at retail. My order from Circuit City is being delivered today, so I wil have additional comments later tonight, but a friend picked up a unit at retail, also a Circuit City, on the west coast yesterday. I'll let Brad post his comments, but from our conversation last night, those with HDMI 1.3 receivers can be prepared to get happy. More to come.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Mark Booth |Steven A. Farmer |Scott Morton
The agreed text of the AI Act was published on July 12, 2024, essentially starting the clock on the legal deadlines contained in it. Its obligations will apply in tiered phases, with the first key obligations being enforced beginning February 2, 2025. TAKEAWAYS The EU’s AI Act governs AI systems and general-purpose AI models, applying different obligations based on risk. Different obligations apply to “providers,” “deployers,” “importers” and “distributors” of AI systems (all defined).
