Investigations, Enforcement, & Compliance Alerts

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently updated its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (ECCP) to reflect emerging challenges in corporate compliance.

On March 13, 2024, three years since the proposal by the European Commission (the Commission), the lawmakers in the European Parliament approved the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act (AI Act), the first regulation on artificial intelligence in the world, with an overwhelming majority of 523 votes in favor, 46 against and 49 abstentions. The AI Act will most likely take effect in May, after its final endorsement.

On December 9, 2023, the European Commission (Commission) announced that a political agreement was reached between the European Parliament and the Council on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act (AI Act), as proposed by the Commission in April 2021. It is considered the first text of its kind in the world.

On October 30, 2023, President Biden signed an Executive Order regarding “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence.” The administration’s goal is to provide a legal and regulatory framework for the largely unregulated world of artificial intelligence (AI) so that the U.S. can reap the benefits of AI while avoiding the pitfalls. This wide-reaching order directs government agencies to promulgate rules, form task forces, and provide guidance on the risks of AI to national security, biological research, data privacy, civil rights, consumer protections, and the ability of workers to bargain collectively. While this order will have a broad impact across the entire economy, government contractors will be particularly impacted in the coming months and years as they are forced to adapt to emerging rules and regulations governing how they can use AI and what forms of AI the government will approve for use on government contracts. This order signals a shift in how federal agencies will operate in the future, and those changes will require contractors to adapt, whether or not they actively use AI in their operations.