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Oct 8, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Kate Kim Tuma |George N. Grammas |Everett Eissenstat |David Stewart |Bridget McGovern |Ludmilla Kasulke | +4 more
On September 26, 2024, the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that, when final, would prohibit the sale or import of connected vehicles (and certain related component hardware and software) with a sufficient nexus to either the People's Republic of China (PRC) or Russia. This action follows an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) that the agency issued on March 1, 2024.
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May 15, 2024 | 
law.com | Lindsay Zhu |Scott Warren |Haowen Xu |Charmian Aw
Nearly six months after the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) was first introduced for public consultation, with its draft regulations proposing to ease outbound data transfers from China (Draft Regulations) (see our article “China Releases Draft Regulation to Significantly Ease Cross-border Data Transfers,” Privacy World), the much-awaited final rules on Regulating and Facilitating Cross-border Data Flows were published and came into effect on March 22, 2024 (New Regulations).
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Scott Warren |Joseph Grasser
On January 23, 2024, the Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs (ACA) released its draft “Approach to AI and Copyright” for public comment, to clarify how ingestion and output of copyrighted materials in Japan should be considered. On February 29, 2024, after considering nearly 25,000 comments, additional changes were made. This document, created by an ACA committee, will likely be adopted by the ACA in the next few weeks.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Scott Warren
Scott Warren, a Partner in our Japan and China offices, will chair and speak at the Thailand & SE Asia 5th International Arbitration & Corporate Crime Summit on March 14, 2024 at the Rembrandt Hotel & Suites in Bangkok.
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Mar 7, 2024 | 
lexology.com | David Stewart |Kate Kim Tuma |Bridget McGovern |Everett Eissenstat |Ludmilla Kasulke |Robert Kelly | +3 more
On February 29, 2024, US President Joe Biden announced that his administration will investigate the national security risks posed by “connected vehicles from countries of concern.” The president’s statement underscores the key role that advanced technologies and data play in today’s cars and other vehicles, and the national security risks presented therein.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
lexology.com | David Stewart |Ludmilla Kasulke |Alan L. Friel |Scott Warren |Kate Kim Tuma
On February 28, 2024, President Biden issued a groundbreaking executive order (EO) establishing the framework for new restrictions on transactions involving US persons' sensitive personal data and "countries of concern," including China, or related parties. The EO and forthcoming regulations will impact the use of genomic data, biometric data, personal health care data, geolocation data, financial data and some other types of personally identifiable information.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Scott Warren
Cyber executive fraud scams have been rampant for years. These scams trick an employee into transferring large sums of money into the fraudster’s bank account. In the past, these often involved using a high-level executives hacked email account (or an email appearing to be from them) to request the employee to quickly and secretly transfer money for a ‘special project’ that no one else should know about.
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Feb 19, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Charmian Aw |Scott Warren
Scott Warren (Japan/China) and Charmian Aw (Singapore) will be speaking in Singapore at the Global Legal ConfEx full day conference. Scott will be moderating two panels, one entitled Breach Notification: A Deep Dive Into What, When and Who to Notify, and the other Strategies for Managing Risks and Ensuring Compliance with Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Measures. Charmian will be a featured panelist on the topic Managing Third-Party Risk Throughout the Lifecycle.
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Charmian Aw |Scott Warren |Connor McClymont
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has issued a practical guide[1] for AI design, development and deployment by organizations, as well as for policy formulation by governments in the region. The guide focuses on “traditional AI technologies” that exclude generative AI.
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Oct 31, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Scott Warren
Scott Warren, Partner, Tokyo/Shanghai, has been busy this week at various speaking events in Tokyo. On 25 October 2023, he spoke at two events:9th International Arbitration, Corporate Crime and Anti-Trust Summit, moderating and presenting a panel entitles “Digital Crimes, AI and Cyber Incidents: What You Need To Know for Compliance”.
