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California Privacy and AI Roundup: What Passed and What Didn’t

Last month, Governor Gavin Newsom ended the California legislative session by signing over a dozen bills on privacy and AI and vetoing several others.

Manatt Health: Health AI Policy Tracker

The purpose of this quarterly tracker is to identify key federal and state health AI policy activity. Below reflects federal legislative and regulatory activity to date related to AI, and state legislative activity introduced between January 1 and March 31st, 2024.

CO Enacts “High-Risk” AI Law Regulating Deployers and Developers, Including Health Care Stakeholders

On Friday, May 17, Colorado Governor Jared Polis, with noted reservations, signed into law SB205, a consumer protection law which imposes significant requirements on developers and deployers of “high risk&rdquo...

Michael, Bach to Moderate Panels at LA Games Conference 2024

Manatt Ventures Partner Thomas Michael and Manatt Entertainment Partner Nathaniel L. Bach will moderate panels at the LA Games Conference on May 6, 2024.

The FDA and the Future of AI Oversight

In January 2024, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report highlighting current obstacles to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) timely and effective regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in medical devices and other emerging health care technologies (GAO...

Getting the Most from Transformative Technologies

The second webinar in our innovation series will discuss how to get the most out of transformative technological change in healthcare.

Health Care and Innovation: Why Not Better and Cheaper? Webinar Series

In a two-part webinar series, Manatt Health moderates a discussion with James Rebitzer and Robert Rebitzer—co-authors of a new book about innovation in health care, Why Not Better and Cheaper?—and a panel of industry leaders focused on boosting value and reducing costs in the health care system.

Five Takeaways From the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property’s AI and Copyright Hearing

On July 12, 2023, the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held its second hearing on artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property (IP).

Manatt Represents Iron Pillar in Pando’s $30M Series B Funding

A Manatt team successfully represented Iron Pillar, a venture growth investor backing companies building from India for the world, as the lead investor in Pando’s $30 million Series B funding.

AI Has Captured the Attention of the U.S. Public—and Federal Enforcers

Four federal agencies issued a unique Joint Statement this week on enforcement priorities related to “automated systems,” including artificial intelligence.