On November 12, 2024, Hong Kong’s Security and Futures Commission (the “SFC”) issued a Circular (the “Circular”) with an accompanying appendix (the “Appendix”) setting out the SFC’s view of the…
On October 22, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced settled charges in separate actions against four technology companies—Avaya Holdings Corp. (“Avaya”), Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.…
On Thursday, October 31, Avi Gesser and Matt Kelly will speak at the 8th Annual Disruption and Innovation in the Delivery of Legal Services Conference 2024-25 as a part of…
As companies slowly ramp up the depth and breadth of their AI adoption, one of the most difficult challenges they face is managing third-party risk. Most companies contemplating AI adoption…
When drafting policies on the use of artificial intelligence, one challenge that many businesses face is how to define AI, and relatedly, when should AI governance and compliance programs apply…
On July 18, 2024, in the landmark SEC v. SolarWinds Corp. case, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer dismissed the majority of the claims brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the…
On July 11, 2024, the New York State Department of Financial Services (the “NYDFS”) adopted Insurance Circular Letter No. 7 regarding the Use of Artificial Intelligence Systems and External Consumer…
The EU AI Act (the “Act”) has made it through the EU’s legislative process and has passed into law today; it will come into effect on 1 August 2024. Most…
This is the second post in our two-part Debevoise Data Blog series covering the U.S. Treasury Department’s report on Managing Artificial Intelligence-Specific Cybersecurity Risks in the Financial Services Sector (the “Report”). In…
While the SEC made an early foray into proposing rules to govern use of generative AI (Gen AI) by broker-dealers,[1] FINRA has been taking a more traditional approach to emergent…