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Note: this article originally ran in MedCity News The MedTech industry is accelerating at an unprecedented pace. As AI reshapes the landscape, global collaborations are expanding, and the regulatory f...
Author(s): Vinita Kailasanath, Shannon O'Hara
We asked more than 200 Freshfields lawyers – across geographies and practice areas: what are the 1-2 issues top of mind for you and your clients going into 2025? Here are the ten topics most frequentl...
Author(s): Adam Golden, Kristen Riemenschneider, Madeleine Tavcar
The AI Act and beyond – potential pitfalls for contracting on AI-powered products and services [You can find all episodes of our EU AI Act unpacked blog series by clicking here.] Given the EU AI Act w...
Author(s): Lutz Riede, Christoph Werkmeister, Philipp Roos, Christina Moellnitz, Anita Bell, Julia Utzerath
Key Takeaways BIS has imposed new global export licensing requirements on advanced computing integrated circuits and frontier AI model weights. Corresponding mechanisms have also been put in place to...
Author(s): Nabeel Yousef, Stephanie Brown Cripps, Noah Lipkowitz, Rebecca Berman, Young Park
On January 13, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta released two legal advisories addressing how existing state laws apply to artificial intelligence (AI). “The fifth-largest economy in the wor...
Author(s): Beth George, Sean Quinn, Madeline Cimino
After long debates between the Commission, Parliament and the Council, the Council has adopted the regulation of the European Health Data Space (EHDS). Given the controverse debates around certain asp...
Author(s): Christoph Werkmeister, Philipp Roos, Estella Dannhausen
The second Trump administration begins with Republicans controlling both chambers of Congress and a conservative Supreme Court majority. While attention is focused on what single-party control means f...
Author(s): Andrew Dockham, Austin Evers, Beth George, Jessica Heller, Loren Terry
As we did in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, we have crowdsourced predictions for the year ahead from the Freshfields global fintech team. Here, we identify common themes in 2025 across different jurisdict...
Author(s): Cyrus Pocha, Claire Harrop, David Sewell, Emma Probyn, Rikki Haria, Daphne van der Houwen, Christine Simpson, Eva Schneider, Daniel Klingenbrunn, Nariné Atamian, Tristan Lockwood, Noah Schmidt