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Top Trends in the European Digital Health/AI Market

Digital health AI technologies are transforming the advancement of drug development and healthcare delivery at an unprecedented speed, backed by governments facilitating the momentum to improve healthcare for their growing populations. Sidley’s European life sciences lawyers Josefine Sommer, Eva von Mühlenen, and Francesca Blythe share a timely take on the top 5 life sciences industry trends being shaped by pioneering digital technologies. We are delighted to present a series of insightful interviews with leaders from a diverse digital health ecosystem giving their perspectives from RocheOrigen Genetics, FemTech InsightsVergeSteto, and Clario.

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Compliance Programs Expected to Evolve With Technology: DOJ Updates Corporate Compliance Guidance to Include Artificial Intelligence

On September 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) updated its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (the ECCP) to reflect DOJ’s evolving expectations with respect to corporate compliance programs, including how those programs appropriately address the compliance risks of new technology such as artificial intelligence (AI). While the ECCP is drafted as a guidance document for prosecutors to assess the effectiveness and adequacy of a company’s compliance program, the ECCP also is a tool for companies to conduct a similar assessment. With DOJ’s most recent update to this document, this tool now reflects DOJ’s focus on disruptive technology risks. This Update provides some general background on the ECCP and analyzes DOJ’s latest revisions to the ECCP, including the introduction of questions and considerations for companies concerning their use of new and emerging technology such as AI.

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Advisor to the CJEU Confirms GDPR Fines For Subsidiary Infringements Should Reflect Group Turnover

On 12 September 2024, Advocate General Medina issued their Opinion in Case C-383/23 in which they confirmed that supervisory data protection authorities must, when calculating the fine for a GDPR infringement committed by a subsidiary, take into account the total annual turnover of the entire group—a concept known as parental liability.

U.S. Department of Commerce Issues Proposed Rule on ICTS Supply Chain for Connected Vehicles

On September 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS) published a long-awaited rule proposing to ban certain connected vehicles transactions involving hardware and software linked to the People’s Republic of China (China) and Russia. BIS also proposed extensive compliance obligations for importers and manufacturers of connected vehicles and related components, which come as the automotive industry continues to grapple with how to protect critical safety-related data as vehicle interconnectivity increases.

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DOL Confirms Cybersecurity Guidance Applies to All Employee Benefit Plans

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published Compliance Assistance Release No. 2024-01 on September 6, 2024. The release, titled “Cybersecurity Guidance Update,” clarifies that the cybersecurity guidance the DOL issued in April 2021 applies to all employee benefit plans, including health and welfare plans. The DOL states that since the guidance was published, service providers have told plan fiduciaries and Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) investigators that the guidance applies only to retirement plans.

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Pharma Companies in Beijing Free Trade Zone to Benefit from Relaxed Data Transfer Rules

On August 30, 2024, the Beijing Municipal Cyberspace Administration, Beijing Municipal Commerce Bureau and Beijing Municipal Government Services and Data Administration Bureau jointly released the “Administrative Measures for the Data Exit Negative List of the China (Beijing) Pilot Free Trade Zone (Trial)” (Administrative Measures) and the “Data Exit Administration List (Negative List) of the China (Beijing) Pilot Free Trade Zone (2024 Edition)” (Negative List) to facilitate the export of important industry data and personal information out of the country by companies operating in the Beijing free trade zone (FTZ). (more…)

U.S. FTC’s New Rule on Fake and AI-Generated Reviews and Social Media Bots

On August 14, 2024, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a final rule that prohibits fake and artificial intelligence-generated consumer reviews, consumer testimonials, and celebrity testimonials, along with other types of unfair or deceptive practices involving reviews and testimonials. This new rule is the latest development in the FTC’s increased rulemaking efforts and increased focus on AI, and will take effect on October 21, 2024.

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The Legal Battles Taking Shape in the Clash Over Internet Content

A federal law known as Section 230 has provided a powerful legal shield for internet companies for nearly three decades. Designed to “promote the internet,” it protects platforms from civil liability for content posted to their sites by third parties.

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Effective Dates and Links to Recent Privacy, Cybersecurity, and Digital Laws in the U.S. and EU

U.S. State Comprehensive
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U.S. State Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Laws
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U.S. State Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Laws
and EU Digital, Cybersecurity Acts

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