Antitrust

Read about the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes a number of AI provisions in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.

Read about David Sacks’ appointment to “White House AI & Crypto Czar” by incoming President Donald Trump in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI. 

Read about the Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security hearing on “Protecting Consumers from Artificial Intelligence Enabled Fraud and Scams” in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.

As January 20, 2025, approaches, antitrust practitioners and the business communities are searching for clues whether the incoming Trump Administration and its antitrust officials will continue the Biden Administration’s approach to the exchange of competitively sensitive information, particularly through the use of algorithmic software.

Read about the AI priorities and policies that Trump is likely to pursue during his second term as president in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI. 

Read about the one-year anniversary of the Biden administration’s Executive Order on AI (AI EO) in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI. 

Read about the Biden administration’s National Security Memorandum on artificial intelligence in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI. 

Read about the new memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget on Advancing the Responsible Acquisition of Artificial Intelligence in Government in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.

Read about the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division convening of the heads of federal agency civil rights offices to discuss and promote coordination around preventing harms that may stem from AI, including unlawful discrimination in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.

Read about G7 competition authorities’ Digital Competition Communique in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.

Read about the FTC’s launch of Operation AI Comply, the agency’s new law enforcement sweep focused on companies using AI to further deceptive or unfair conduct in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.

On September 24, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) filed a monopolization suit against Visa, Inc. (“Visa”), alleging that Visa has a monopoly in general purpose debit network services and general purpose card-not-present debit network services that violates Section 2 of the Sherman Act.

Read about the FTC Staff Report on the data collection and data use practices of large social media and video streaming service platforms in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.

Read about the Democratic Senators urging the heads of the FTC and DOJ’s Antitrust Division to investigate generative AI models that may violate competition laws in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.

Read about the second draft guidance released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.

Read about five AI bills Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) introduced for Congress to consider when its members return on September 8 in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.

Read about the AI priorities of both presidential candidates and their likely actions if they take office in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.

Read about an FTC final rule banning fake reviews and testimonials, which takes effect in October, in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.

Read about 10 AI-related bills recently advanced by the Senate Commerce Committee for consideration in the full Senate in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.

Read about the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI) joint workshop in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.